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Indiana State Police chief reports cases of voter fraud, but refuses to share details

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-indiana-voter-fraud-investigation-20161021-snap-story.html No story except more attempts to role voting right back to 1964 when Black-Americans had to fight to vote! Remember that Indiana once had largest KKK in nation!

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UK student leaders reject “partisan” anti-Semitism report | The Electronic Intifada

In an open letter, the student leaders condemn an influential parliamentary committee’s “selective and partisan” report on anti-Semitism in the UK, which was published on Sunday.The NUS itself has also criticized the report’s politicized approach to anti-Semitism.The student leaders say that the Home Affairs Select Committee’s report is an attempt “to delegitimize NUS and discredit Malia Bouattia as its president.”The parliamentary committee is dominated by the governing Conservative Party.Despite admitting there is no evidence that Labour under left-wing leader Jeremy Corbyn is any more prone to anti-Semitism than any other party, the report overwhelmingly focuses on the Labour Party.Corbyn on Sunday hit back that the select committee was guilty of “politicizing anti-Semitism” and neglecting to combat it in the Conservative Party.VilificationThe report has also come in for flak over its call to outlaw criticism of Zionism, Israel’s official ideology.First published Sunday night, the open letter has now garnered the signatures of almost 400 student leaders.The select committee’s report claims that Bouattia’s characterization of the University of Birmingham as an outpost of Zionism “smacks of outright racism.”In a 2011 blog post, Bouattia wrote that the leadership of the university’s Jewish society was “dominated by Zionist activists.”The open letter demands a “revised report that is impartial” and the retraction of what it says are false statements about NUS policy on campus anti-Semitism, “along with an apology to those who have been vilified by the inaccuracies and partisan biases it contains.”The report includes a large section on anti-Semitism in UK universities, which mostly focuses on Bouattia.It criticizes her record as a campaigner for Palestinian rights, saying her “choice of language” suggests “a worrying disregard for her duty to represent all sections of the student population and promote balanced and respectful debate.”Bouattia, an advocate of the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, has faced attack from right-wing media and Israel lobby groups since she was elected NUS president in April.Singled outIn their open letter, the student leaders say they are “alarmed” at how Bouattia “is being singled out for her views on Israel by the [Home Affairs Select Committee] in its report, and depicted as the source of anti-Semitism in higher education.”On Sunday, an NUS spokesperson said the report “fails to address the reality for students” and that it was “partial and inaccurate in relation to NUS work in tackling anti-Semitism.”Bouattia welcomed parts of the report, saying that its “data on increasing anti-Semitism and targeting of the Jewish community is deeply concerning.”She affirmed that “there is no place for anti-Semitism in the student movement.”The student leaders’ letter said that the report’s focus on the Labour Party and the NUS “casts doubt upon its authors’ intentions.”They reject the parliamentary committee’s recommendation suggesting that “legitimate criticism of Zionism … be considered as hate-crimes by the government, effectively equating them with anti-Semitism.”“Zionism is a political ideology that continues to express itself through the actions of the state of Israel. It is one that is held or rejected by both Jewish people and non-Jewish people,” the student leaders state. “As with all political ideologies, it should be open to discussion, scrutiny and debate.”

Source: UK student leaders reject “partisan” anti-Semitism report | The Electronic Intifada

Abbi Jacobson Didn’t Expect Hillary Clinton to Come on Her Show – The New York Times

Clinton appeared on your show in March. Were you surprised to get her? Yeah! We wrote the episode a year before it came out. Hillary was the only person running at the time — not that we would have ever had another candidate on — but we wrote it not thinking we would ever actually get her on. Afterward, I said in some interview that it wasn’t a political statement, which was a stupid statement to make. Of course it’s a political statement! For us, it felt like we were justifying our show in a different way — it felt historic. Plus, before we shot Hillary, Amy Poehler was her stand-in. She didn’t do the impression.WRITE A COMMENTWere you thinking that you had to be on your best behavior? Like, everybody, put down your joints and detox for 48 hours before she shows up? Yeah. Everyone had to be background-checked. There was Secret Service. It was really intense.Do you think she did it because she watches the show herself or because someone advised her that it would help her reach a certain audience? Listen, I don’t think she and Bill are watching our show. Maybe Chelsea would?

Source: Abbi Jacobson Didn’t Expect Hillary Clinton to Come on Her Show – The New York Times

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منذ أيام وقلمي يتصارع بين ما يريد ان يكتب ، وبين ما يفرضه الواقع . وبين اخبار مأساوية محبطة ، مل القلم

من خطها ، وبين واقع محاصر بمصائب وترهات متعاظمة ، شعرت بهذه اللحظات ببصيص امل ، وتركت ما كنت اكتب فيه من نحيب وشجن وبكاد على وطن منكوب يستمر بالضياع .

 قد تكون الاشياء البسيطة كبيرة في معانيها ،بغض النظر عن الاختلاف او الانسجام معها.

لفت انتباهي منذ ايام لوحة فنية بأحد شوارع بيت حنينا مكان لوحة اعلانات تابعة للبلدية (ربما ) . لم تكن تلك المرة الاولى التي تنبهت اليها فيما بعد ، انني رأيت هكذا لوحة . سعدت عندما رأيت صورة الفنان الشاب الى جانب اللوحة . علمت فيما بعد ، ان هناك مبادرة يشترك فيها فنانين مقدسيين ، او قد تكون المبادرة من الفنان المقدسي الشاب محمد الجولاني ، الذي لطالما تأملت اعماله بترقب ،بانتظار اعمال كثيرة بها ما يعد فيه طموح الشباب. اعترف انني…

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