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The hostage situation at a kosher supermarket in Paris on Friday, in which four people and the gunman died, has been called an “anti-Semitic attack” by French President François Hollande. It’s just the latest crime to fit that description in a country that has seen a rash of anti-Jewish incidents in recent years. Soon after Friday’s…
Wikileaks accused the Jewish lobby of legitimizing attacks on the satirical publication Charlie Hebdo, which was assaulted Wednesday by Islamist terrorists in one of the worst such attacks on French soil. The organization, which serves as an online clearinghouse for leaked documents, tweeted on Thursday about “How the Jewish pro-censorship lobby legitimized attacks on Charlie…
The acclaimed graphic artist and journalist Joe Sacco on the limits of satire – and what it means if Muslims don’t find it funny Joe Sacco: On Satire – a response to the Charlie Hebdo attacks | World news | The Guardian.
What we know: * The report of the hostage crisis in Vincennes happened after the situation in Dammartin was first reported.* The hostage crisis took place at a Jewish kosher deli, Kosher Deli, in Porte de Vincenne. Its address is 23 Cours de Vincenne.* The ring road (périphérique), a vital road in Paris, Metro stations…
Police mobilize during a hostage situation at a kosher supermarket on January 9, 2015 in Paris, France. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Two days after heavily-armed gunmen killed 12 people at the Paris offices of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, two gunmen took hostages at a kosher supermarket in a Paris, killing at least four people. Police killed…
In a new survey conducted in September 2014, the Pew Research Center finds that Facebook remains by far the most popular social media site. While its growth has slowed, the level of user engagement with the platform has increased. Other platforms like Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and LinkedIn saw significant increases over the past year in…
“https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/upvoted/id954162809”> src= “http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/upvoted-750×393.png” alt=”upvoted” width=”750″ height=”393″/> “https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/upvoted/id954162809”>Upvoted is a new podcast by reddit that focuses on the people and stories behind the links that make it to the site’s front page. The “https://soundcloud.com/upvoted/episode-0-the-story-of-uyoungluck-dante-orpilla”> first episode of the show focuses on reddit user Dante Orpilla, his story of redemption, and how he came to work at reddit….
“//www.youtube.com/embed/kSSze9A6X9E” width=”640″> Boy, times sure were tough for women in the 1940s! It’s so great that now in modern times we live in a completely equal society where women are treated the same way as men are and—oh. Oh. (via Leigh Lahav) Are you following The Mary Sue on “https://twitter.com/#!/TheMarySue/” target= “_blank”>Twitter, “http://www.facebook.com/themarysue” target= “_blank”>Facebook, target=”_blank”>Tumblr,…
(Hammerin Man) In recent years, we’ve written a number of stories about laws aimed at protecting active-duty servicemembers and their families from predatory loans and the businesses that try to take advantage of loopholes in these rules. Some readers have asked why members of our armed forces merit protections not available to civilians. But this…
The December jobs report falls right in line with the course the Fed is trying to chart for its monetary policy, and the upshot is that the numbers mean the Fed is most likely not going to hike rates any earlier than April, WSJ chief economics correspondent Jon Hilsenrath said this morning on the MoneyBeat…