This as another example of extreme media prejudice towards the attorney general. Whether it is because the reporters and their editors have long hung out with the ‘old boy network’ or simply initially were misled by the Philadelphia Inquirer, they mindlessly continue to walk in lock step.
Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski implicated in FBI probe
LEHIGH VALEY MORNING CALL: An entrepreneur with multiple Allentown properties pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to bribe an unnamed Allentown official with campaign contributions, food and drink in an effort to obtain preferential treatment for his business interests in the city. The charge against Ramzi Haddad, 45, of Bethlehem is the first filed in connection […]
Look Out, U.S Grocers, U.K.’s Free-for-All Heads Across the Pond
WALL STREET JOURNAL… Ms. [Jane] Wadsworth is part of a new wave of British shoppers chasing bargains with little regard to where they find them. The shift—driven here in large part by two, newly aggressive German discounters, Aldi and its archrival Lidl—has shaken the U.K.’s $274 billion grocery industry to its core. The traditional U.K. […]
Influential Pro-Israel Group Suffers Stinging Political Defeat
The loss has raised difficult questions about the future of Aipac, a group formed in 1951 just a few years after the birth of Israel. Aipac has long drawn its political potency from its reservoirs of loyalty among members of both parties, but that bipartisan veneer all but vanished in recent weeks as the debate over the Iran deal became increasingly bitter…
GOP in quagmire over refugees
THE HILL: One the one hand, multiple Republicans characterized the White House’s announcement the U.S. would allow an additional 10,000 refugees into the U.S. next year as meager and belated… Noted hawks such as Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) have suggested they are open to allowing more refugees into the United States, […]
Biden to Colbert: ‘I’d be lying if I said that I knew I was there’
POLITICO: …[Vice President Joe] Biden then got serious, recalling being on a military base and having one of the troops call out to him that he’d served with Beau Biden in Iraq. “I just lost it,” Biden said. He said that is where his mind is now about the process of deciding whether to run. […]
Citizens 4 Kane rally in support of beleaguered attorney general
The group also criticized an attempt by the courts to strip Kane of her law license, which is reportedly happening behind the scenes, as a lack of due process…
KEISLING: Kathleen Kane case highlights need for changes in our court and political system
“And there shall also be appointed a meet person, learned in the law, to act as attorney-general for the United States…” Note that “learned in the law” does not necessary require an active law license.
Justice Department Sets Sights on Wall Street Executives
NEW YORK TIMES: Stung by years of criticism that it has coddled Wall Street criminals, the Justice Department issued new policies on Wednesday that prioritize the prosecution of individual employees — not just their companies — and put pressure on corporations to turn over evidence against their executives. The new rules, issued in a memo […]
The refugee crisis could actually be a boon for Germany
WASHINGTON POST: The rest of Europe may see a crisis as a record number of asylum seekers flood the continent from Syria and other pockets of conflict and poverty. But Germany — the region’s economic powerhouse — is also sensing a golden opportunity. This fast-graying nation of 81 million is facing a demographic time bomb. […]
CNN/ORC Poll: Trump Becomes First GOP Candidate to Top 30 Percent
NEWSMAX: Donald Trump now has the support of more than 30 percent of Republican voters for the GOP presidential nomination, according ot a new CNN/ORC poll, with Ben Carson rising by 10 points to end up in second place, with 19 percent, giving the two outsiders the overall party lead. Further, the poll shows that […]
Leaks from AG Kathleen Kane case ‘designed to poison the jury pool,’ attorney says
HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS: Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s attorney, Gerald Shargel, said Wednesday that leaks concerning the disciplinary proceedings were likely designed to poison the possible jury pool in the pending leak case. “These leaks are part of a broader campaign to deprive the Attorney General of the process to which she is due,” he said, in […]
“Only civil activists are keeping refugees alive in Hungary”
BY ÉVA NAGY Originally published on Budapest Beacon, Sept. 9, 2015. “It is simply so inhuman and unacceptable that (refugees) are sleeping out in the fields where the temperature at night falls to 3 or 4 degrees Celsius. This can be very dangerous, especially for children.” – Nóra Köves , civil activist Civil activist Nóra Köves offered the […]
Black Slaves in Modern Russia
We often find reports about sexual exploitation of the women from Eastern Europe. I have read a lot about Russian girls sexually exploited in different countries. But this is the first time I have encountered material about sex slaves imported to Russia. 