U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Monday she feels daily “frustration” as conservative justices move the country to the ideological right....
New York will expand its legal definition of rape to include various forms of nonconsensual sexual contact, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday....
Habba had complained after a report alleged that U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan was a “mentor” to Carroll’s lawyer 30 years ago. Carroll’s lawyer called the claim "utterly baseless.”...
“The purpose of the letter was simply to inquire as to whether there is any merit to a recently published New York Post story which reported on the alleged existence of such a relationship”
Aha, the time honored “I’m just asking the question…” defense…
“The IDF said the shaft was one kilometer long and 20 meters below the cemetery,”
Wow, that is a construction project, and at 20 meters, I could see that as being TECHNICALLY under the cemetery, but 66 feet under makes it it’s own entity.
Long form article on school shootings, police dept scapegoating, training for active shooters, and the confusing time to be a police officer where public feedback wants deescalation in most scenarios, but expect military or warrior mentality training for school shootings responses....
The Department of Justice has been publishing incomplete and conflicting data on domestic terrorism, thwarting effective policymaking and accountability on an issue it claims to prioritize. In December, the Brennan Center sent a letter to the department urging it to augment its data collection methods to ensure more accurate...
To be clear, Al Jazeera DOES have a blind spot when it comes to anything involving Qatar. If there’s a Qatari interest, and Al Jazeera is reporting on it, take it with a grain of salt.
This post and multiple comments are being reported, so I’m making a top post to be 100% clear on this:
The facts of the issue are not in dispute. Israel did send an undercover team into a hospital to assassinate legitimate military targets. They admit to it and we have surveilance camera footage confirming it.
Problem #1 - Patients in hospitals, either ill or injured, are a protected class under the Geneva Conventions. You cannot run an assassination operation in a hospital, that’s a war crime. Even if the targets are legitimately bad people.
"The First Geneva Convention states that there should be no “obstacle to the humanitarian activities” and that wounded and sick “shall be respected and protected in all circumstances.”[4]
Article 18 demands that medical units, i.e. hospitals and mobile medical facilities, may in no circumstances be attacked.[5]
Problem #2 - Dressing as civilians, doctors, and women to engage in a military operation is is SEPARATE war crime called “perfidy”.
"(4) One may commit an act of treachery or perfidy by, for example, feigning an intent to negotiate under a flag of truce or a surrender or feigning incapacitation by wounds or sickness or feigning a civilian, non-combatant status or feigning a protected status by the use of signs, emblems, or uniforms of the United Nations or a neutral State or a State not party to the conflict."
I admit to a certain personal bias having just spent 4 days in 2 hospitals, it’s hard to be planing military action when you have tubes running in and out.
This guy was apparently recovering from shrapnel injuries. He wasn’t actively being a threat to anyone.
“Niji Nazzal, the hospital’s medical director, told Reuters the three were executed as they slept, shot in the head with silenced pistols in the room where they were being treated.”
“Hospital sources said one of the three, Basel Al-Ghazzawi, had been paralysed when he was wounded by shrapnel during a clash between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in October, and was in a wheelchair.”
“So I fought for Israel like no president ever before recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, which is a big deal. And [I] even recognized Israel sovereignty over the Golan Heights, something that they never even thought — we gave them that,” Trump said.
If you want unmitigated disaster in the Middle East AND here at home, vote for Trump.
Sotomayor says she feels ‘frustration’ daily as conservative justices move US to right (thehill.com)
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Monday she feels daily “frustration” as conservative justices move the country to the ideological right....
Police officers mock body-worn video of semi-naked woman (www.bbc.com)
None of the officers faced a misconduct hearing but a student officer who reported them was later dismissed....
New York expands the legal definition of rape to include many forms of nonconsensual sexual contact (apnews.com)
New York will expand its legal definition of rape to include various forms of nonconsensual sexual contact, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday....
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Batman in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (lemmus.org)
“You don’t get it, son. This isn’t a mudhole… It’s an operating table. And I’m the surgeon.”...
Trump lawyer Alina Habba makes, then backs off, 'conflict' allegation against E. Jean Carroll judge (www.nbcnews.com)
Habba had complained after a report alleged that U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan was a “mentor” to Carroll’s lawyer 30 years ago. Carroll’s lawyer called the claim "utterly baseless.”...
Biden Owes the Country a New Vice President (time.com)
Winter Light Festival returns to Portland this weekend. Here's what to know (www.kgw.com)
The free event runs from Feb. 2-10. It will feature an illuminated bike ride, an LED drag show, a secret roller disco and a fire show.
Hamas command centre found under cemetery Israel accused of desecrating (nationalpost.com)
‘SNL 1975’ Finds Its Garrett Morris, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase And John Belushi (deadline.com)
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Why Didn’t Scot Peterson Try to Stop the Parkland Shooter? - The Atlantic (www.theatlantic.com)
Long form article on school shootings, police dept scapegoating, training for active shooters, and the confusing time to be a police officer where public feedback wants deescalation in most scenarios, but expect military or warrior mentality training for school shootings responses....
Justice Department Must Reveal the Real Scope of Domestic Terrorism (www.brennancenter.org)
The Department of Justice has been publishing incomplete and conflicting data on domestic terrorism, thwarting effective policymaking and accountability on an issue it claims to prioritize. In December, the Brennan Center sent a letter to the department urging it to augment its data collection methods to ensure more accurate...
Israel ‘hit squad’ kills three in West Bank hospital operation (www.aljazeera.com)
To beat Trump, we need to know why Americans keep voting for him. Psychologists may have the answer (www.theguardian.com)
US culture is an incubator of ‘extrinsic values’. Nobody embodies them like the Republican frontrunner...