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It is long past time for the oligarchies of the Gulf states to stop paying protection to the men in the suicide belts. Their societies are stunted and parasitic. The main job of the elites there is to find enough foreign workers to ensla…er…indenture to do all the real work. The example of Qatar and…
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” typically tapes earlier in the day, but news broke of the horrific terrorist attacks that have left over 160 people dead in Paris. According to those who attended the taping, Colbert broke the news to the audience. One audience member said Colbert re-recorded the intro without the jokes remarking that…
PARIS — I walked through the 10th arrondissement about an hour and a half before the attacks. It was a beautiful fall evening in the city. Despite a mid-November chill that arrived Friday afternoon, restaurant terraces and sidewalks were bustling when a wave of terror attacks killed at least 120 people. Now, President François Hollande…
Reports of several horrifying attacks in France’s capital began surfacing on Friday evening: In addition to news of a reported shooting in Paris at the Cambodge restaurant in the 11th arrondissement and civilians reportedlybeing taken hostage at Paris’ Bataclan Arts Center, there have also been reports of three explosions at Paris’ Stade de France, and a dismembered body also…
Video close media-action-overlay Scene of Deadly Attacks in Paris Police in Paris confirmed on Friday that several people were killed in multiple acts of violence in and around the city. Publish Date November 13, 2015. Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. Watch in Times Video » PARIS — Shootings and explosions erupted in…
The Associated Press said French police claim Friday’s shootings and explosions to be the deadliest violence France has seen in decades. A Paris police official said there were at least 100 hostages in Paris’s Bataclan theater. Multiple officials, including one medical official, put the number of dead at between 35 to 40 people.All officials spoke…
The City College of New York, one of the City University of New York’s senior colleges, is facing a $14.6 million budget gap. “There’s no other way to say this: Students are doomed,” argues Tammie David, a City College junior who serves as the Vice-President of Public Affairs for the Undergraduate Student Government. “There are…
There are certain phrases that conjure the very truth of an era: “England expects that every man will do his duty,” Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson signaled at the Battle of Trafalgar. And this, from Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson when he was asked by a doctor what was the best way to engage the overwhelming number of Federalists:…
The plight of the single New Yorker View Full Caption MANHATTAN — If you’re planning to live alone and rent a one-bedroom in Manhattan, you’ll have to earn roughly $130,800 a year. That’s 40 times the amount of September’s median monthly asking rent, which was a record $3,271, according to real estate search…
The 109th Precinct’s Deputy Inspector Thomas Conforti stands with elected officials in Flushing Monday to announce a new enforcement for pedestrians following the death of a woman last week. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Katie Honan FLUSHING — NYPD officers plan to increase ticketing against jaywalkers — a move supported by local politicians who say pedestrians who…