The soldier was caught on video fatally shooting a wounded Palestinian attacker in the West Bank.
Trial starts for Israeli soldier in killing of Palestinian – The Boston Globe
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Liberal Democrats turn away from Israel
For the first time in 15 years of polling, more liberal Democrats sympathize with the Palestinians over Israel.
A new poll finds that liberal Democrats are turning away from Israel – Vox
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Elite U.S. troops help save high-profile hostage from Taliban
Son of Pakistan’s former prime minister was held by militants for 3 years
Elite U.S. troops help save high-profile hostage from Taliban
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China scrambles fighters as U.S. sails warship near Chinese-claimed reef
China scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday as a U.S. navy ship sailed close to a disputed reef in the South China Sea, a patrol China denounced as an illegal threat to peace which only went to show its defense installations in the area were necessary.
China scrambles fighters as U.S. sails warship near Chinese-claimed reef | Reuters
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Throw Back Monday: Hillary Clinton Removed From Situation Room Photo By Der Tzitung, Hasidic Newspaper
A Brooklyn-based Hasidic newspaper removed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and another woman from the …photo, taken as the raid was occurring, famously shows Clinton in the center of the room, with her hand over her mouth. But the newspaper Der Tzitung,described by the Jewish Week as “ultra-Orthodox,” has a policy of never printing photos of women in its pages…
Hillary Clinton Removed From Situation Room Photo By Der Tzitung, Hasidic Newspaper (PHOTOS)
Then just don’t run the photo. If it was so terrible to see in the first place how can you ask your employees to spend time doctoring it? They can’t do it with their eyes closed…
Grrrrrrr.
Lewinsky: ‘The shame sticks to you like tar’
When the Guardian began researching the online harassment of its own writers, they discovered something bleak: of the 10 contributors who receive the most abuse in the comment threads, eight are women – five white, three non-white – and the other two are black men. Overall, women Guardian writers get more abuse than men, regardless of what they write about, but especially when they write about rape and feminism. I noticed something similar during my two years interviewing publicly shamed people. When a man is shamed, it’s usually, “I’m going to get you fired.” When a woman is shamed it’s, “I’m going to rape you and get you fired.”
…Lewinsky’s outlook on her scandal has been doggedly non-ideological from the start. “I’m endlessly fascinated by how people derive meaning in life,” she says, “the chasm between how idealised people pretend life is and how complex we really are.” She’s written that she thought it was stupid and wrong in the 1990s when most people blamed her for the affair with President Clinton, but also stupid and wrong in the 2010s when people got more enlightened and started retrospectively blaming him.
Monica Lewinsky: ‘The shame sticks to you like tar’ | Technology | The Guardian
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West Point is investigating whether 16 female cadets broke military rules by taking this photo
West Point is investigating a photograph showing 16 female cadets posing with their fists raised outside a US Military Academy barracks, the Army Times reports.
West Point is investigating whether 16 female cadets broke military rules by taking this photo
Unless West Point also investigates every time a group of white cadets get together to make sure it isn’t a fucking lynch-mob then they need to drop this racist shit right the fuck now.
Conservatives unapologetic over tactics as Khan becomes London’s first Muslim mayor
Sadiq Khan of Britain’s opposition Labour Party was sworn in as Mayor of London on Saturday, becoming the first Muslim to head a major European capital after an election campaign marked by the ruling Conservatives’ efforts to link him to extremism.
Conservatives unapologetic over tactics as Khan becomes London’s first Muslim mayor | Reuters
Sigh…
What’s fueling violent protests over the San Francisco police
Protesters led by hunger strikers, called the “Frisco 5,” broke into San Francisco City Hall on Friday to demand the firing of the police chief, following shootings and racist texts by officers.
What’s fueling violent protests over the San Francisco police
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Israel tank fire kills Gaza woman
Israeli tank fire kills a Palestinian woman in Gaza, Palestinians say, in some of the worst clashes between Israeli forces and Hamas since 2014.
Israel tank fire kills Gaza woman, medics say – BBC News
sigh…
Ivy League economist ethnically profiled, interrogated for doing math on American Airlines flight – The Washington Post
Move over, Clock Boy. Another swarthy-looking nerd is alarming the authorities.
The woman who started this and any American Airlines employees who participated in this dangerous farce should be in jail.
Passengers depend on the flight staff for sound judgement to keep them safe. Clearly American Airlines is not qualified to carry that responsibility.
What’s next, being pulled off a plane for refusing to chat with your seatmate?
For a child’s obnoxious music T-shirt?
For being educated in things your fellow passengers are not?
If you think it is worth it to cry wolf over a lamb or fire in a crowded theater you should be sure enough of yourself to be willing to face consequences if it turns out that you are just a hateful, backwards, racist, ignorant fuckwad.
What pundits keep getting wrong about Donald Trump and the working class.
The truth is that it’s inaccurate to talk about Trump’s “working-class appeal.” What Trump has, instead, is a message tailored to a conservative portion of white workers. These voters aren’t the struggling whites of Appalachia or the old Rust Belt, in part because those workers don’t vote, and there’s no evidence Trump has turned them out. Instead, Trump is winning those whites with middle-class incomes. Given his strength in unionized areas like the Northeast, some are blue collar and culturally working class. But many others are not. Many others are what we would simply call Republicans.
What pundits keep getting wrong about Donald Trump and the working class.
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Does Elsa need a prince or princess? Or nobody?
Twitter has sparked a ‘Frozen’-frenzy this week, with fans asking Disney to give Elsa a happily-ever-after in the film’s sequel. But fans differ on whom, if anybody, Elsa should love.
…”Even in Brave, the film still centered largely around a marriage story line – the idea that Merida was trying to escape a betrothal she didn’t want,” Megan Zander writes for the parenting blog SheKnows. “Elsa was different. Her story line marked the first time that Disney told a story about a female character that had no mention of romance or marriage…. At the conclusion of the film, Elsa was happy in her own right. Regardless of her sexuality, she was content on her own, and that’s something kids could benefit from seeing, which is why she should stay as she is, a fierce, self-sufficient, single woman.”
Does Elsa need a prince or princess? Or nobody? – CSMonitor.com
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Egypt activist sentenced for ‘insulting judiciary’
A court in Egypt sentences the prominent human rights activist Sanaa Seif to six months in prison in absentia for “insulting the judiciary”.
Egypt activist Sanaa Seif jailed for ‘insulting judiciary’ – BBC News
Not good, Egypt, not good.
Obama commutes sentences of 58 non-violent drug convicts
“It just doesn’t make sense to require a non-violent drug offender to serve 20 years, or in some cases, life, in prison,” Obama said in a blog post.
Many of the convicts had been serving time for crack cocaine. Crack users have for years faced far steeper penalties than users of powder cocaine, even though the two substances are molecularly similar. Critics have said the disparity has unfairly hurt poor African-American communities.
Obama has pushed to reform the U.S. criminal justice system to reduce the number of people serving long sentences for such crimes, and it is one of the few issues for which the Democratic president has received support from Republican lawmakers.
Obama commutes sentences of 58 non-violent drug convicts | Reuters
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Britain will start taking in child refugees, as it did before WWII
Prime Minister David Cameron announced that the U.K. will accept more unaccompanied children among the hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees stranded in Europe.
Britain will start taking in child refugees, as it did before World War II – The Washington Post
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Pakistan police arrest 14 in ‘honor killing’ of teen said to have helped bride to elope
More than a dozen leaders of a small village in northwestern Pakistan were arrested Thursday and charged with burning a teenage girl to death because she helped one of her friends elope, security officials said.
Progress.
Paul Ryan ‘just not ready’ to support Trump
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that he is not ready to support presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. In an appearance on CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” Ryan said he wants to support his party’s nominee, but that he simply cannot do so just yet.
Paul Ryan ‘just not ready’ to support Donald Trump
heh
No wedding tents for child marriages, Indian suppliers vow
Suppliers of wedding tents may not be the most obvious allies in the battle to prevent child marriage, but in India’s Rajasthan state they have come together to tackle some of the highest rates of early marriage in the country.
No wedding tents for child marriages, Indian suppliers vow
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Uganda bans media coverage of election result protests
Uganda bans live media coverage of opposition protests against February’s re-election of President Yoweri Museveni, extending his 30 years in office.
Uganda bans media coverage of election result protests – BBC News
Uh-oh.
Within 24 Hours of Being Presumptive Nominee, Trump Flips on Minimum Wage
In the past, Donald Trump has said that the American wages are too high and repeatedly expressed the concern that raising the minimum wage would undermine American competitiveness in the global economy. As the New York Times noted, the billionaire showman told Wolf Blitzer on CNN Wednesday that he’s “open to doing something with” the minimum wage.
Within 24 Hours of Being Presumptive Nominee, Donald Trump Flips on Minimum Wage
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‘Cement shoes’ found on NYC corpse
A body found on a Brooklyn beach earlier this week had feet that were encased in hardened concrete, according to NYPD detectives.
“Cement shoes” as they are known, have long been associated with organised crime and the Mafia, but mostly in fictional depictions.
…But whoever did it failed to wait for the cement to fully dry. It was filled with air bubbles, which may have been what caused the body to come ashore.
‘Cement shoes’ found on NYC corpse – BBC News
wild.
