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We are now into week two of the media’s obsession with Donald Trump‘s claim to have seen thousands of New Jersey Muslims celebrating the destruction of the World Trade Center on 9/11, a claim that is at once patently false and worthy of endless debate. Enter former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to make…
Welcome Adobe Animate CC, a new era for Flash Professional For nearly two decades, Flash Professional has been the standard for producing rich animations on the web. Because of the emergence of HTML5 and demand for animations that leverage web standards, we completely rewrote the tool over the past few years to incorporate native HTML5…
When earlier today we read a report in the Greek Enikonomia, according to which Greek taxpayers would be forced to declare all cash “under the mattress” (including inside) or boxes that contain more than 15,000 euros as well as jewelry and precious stones (including gold) worth over 30,000 euros, starting in 2016, we assumed this…
Entry Text Much of the attention paid to campus sexual assault centers on students’ trauma and victimization. Rightly so. Students often suffer in silence because of the stigma that surrounds the crime and confusing web of reporting structures on campuses. Further, the emotional and psychological impact of being a crime victim may last for years….
An armed society is a bullet-riddled society We have to give credit to Fox News for living up to expectations. In our very first post on the murders at the Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs, we joked that it was only a matter of time until a Republican presidential candidate insisted the real problem was…
Politics This French Philosopher Is The Only One Who Can Explain The Donald Trump Phenomenon by Judd Legum Sep 14, 2015 8:40am Donald Trump has political pundits stumped. They’ve been predicting his imminent downfall for months. Every “gaffe” that was supposed to destroy his support has only made him stronger. “DON VOYAGE: Trump Toast…
A court in the Phillippines convicted a U.S. Marine of homicide Tuesday after determining he had killed a Filipino woman upon learning she was transgender. http://gawker.com/u-s-marine-cha… Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton was charged with murder last December after authorities found the body of Jennifer Laude, also known as Jeffrey, half-stuffed into a hotel room toilet…
The fancy building at 120 South Fourth Street has been evacuated after building inspectors found un-permitted and dangerous structural work inside. (Pix11) The residents of a pricey Williamsburg apartment building with a history of unpermitted construction were forced out last week after the Department of Buildings found that the building “has questionable structural integrity.”…
Wasiullah Mohamed, executive director of the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh, sits Friday with a taxi driver who was shot by a passenger last week. The victim, who asked not to be identified, said he was shot in the back for being Muslim. (Dominique Hildebrand/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) It began as an ordinary cab ride. But by the…
Stefano Schirato/REX Shutterstock Start Article Post Content CNN has suspended global affairs correspondent Elise Labott after she tweeted about Syrian refugees and a bill that would make it harder for them to enter the United States, according to multiple reports. Labott injected her own opinion about the bill in her tweet, along with the link…