Is the PA capitulating to Israel? by Khalid Amayreh in occupied Palestine No sooner had the Obama administration announced the resumption of “indirect” talks between Israel and the PA regime than Israel announced new plans to expand Jewish settlements in occupied East Jerusalem and other parts of the... by desertpeace.wordpress.com | related posts

I want to tell you about a blog you might not have heard of and will probably find valuable: Religion Clause . It is written by Howard M. Friedman, Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Toledo. Like the title suggests, it focuses on legal news of relevance to the Establishment Clause of the U.S.... by atheistrev.com | related posts

Rachael Harris remembers walking into her Notes from the Underbelly audition thinking “I won’t get this role.” Not because she didn’t have the comedic background to play career-minded Cooper in the new ABC hit, but because of her petite physique. “I’m 5’1” and clearly this woman is 6 foot and a... by apakistannews.com | related posts

(From the author's blog at TheEconomicCollapse.com .) In the old days, police officers wrote traffic tickers primarily to keep people safe and to prevent citizens from breaking the traffic laws.  But in the new Amerika, all of that has changed.  Now traffic tickets are primarily viewed as a revenue raising tool for... by businessinsider.com | related posts

The print edition of Devin Stewart's Newsweek article has landed, or I should perhaps say splattered, on my desk. He gave ample warning to everyone, alerting folks via his LinkedIn page of the arrival of the Newsweek piece. A simple Google search pointed me in the direction of his reworking of the same... by shisaku.blogspot.com | related posts

Even though I’ve commented on the sexual assault investigation of Ben Roethlisberger on my weekend shows at Sporting News Radio, I elected to wait for more details before writing a post on the matter here at LBS. Before too many details emerged, I said that Big Ben was stupid for putting himself in a bad... by larrybrownsports.com | related posts

Solid-state drives (SSDs), with faster access times and lower power consumption, are replacing or complementing hard disk drives (HDDs) in communications and consumer electronics equipment. Will they eventually render HDDs obsolete in the enterprise market? Let’s take a closer look. The main issue with the... by sramanamitra.com | related posts

Sylvan Cycles caught a lot of people’s eye simply because their frames use wood laminate tubes joined by alloy lugs. According to Sylvan, their wood composite frames are “as stiff as comparable steel tubes—but 30% lighter—offer damping properties similar to titanium, superior impact resistance to... by urbanvelo.org | related posts