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Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Rutgers Professor Explains Why He’s Opposed To Condoleezza Rice Speaking At Commencement
Rutgers Professor Explains Why He’s Opposed To Condoleezza Rice Speaking At Commencement
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March 11, 2014
Chris Stigall talked with Dr. Rudy Bell Tuesday on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT.
Dr. Bell is a professor of history at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ who helped organize a petition and faculty protest against the school’s decision to offer their commencement keynote address to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
“Rice we feel is a particularly inappropriate choice because the controversy about the degree to which she actively is involved in interrogation techniques which were declared by international courts to amount to torture. She brings no positive merit,” Bell said, explaining why he’s against Rice speaking.
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Rutgers Professor Explains Why He’s Opposed To Condoleezza Rice Speaking At Commencement
Rutgers Professor Explains Why He’s Opposed To Condoleezza Rice Speaking At Commencement
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CBS Philly
March 11, 2014
Chris Stigall talked with Dr. Rudy Bell Tuesday on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT.
Dr. Bell is a professor of history at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ who helped organize a petition and faculty protest against the school’s decision to offer their commencement keynote address to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
“Rice we feel is a particularly inappropriate choice because the controversy about the degree to which she actively is involved in interrogation techniques which were declared by international courts to amount to torture. She brings no positive merit,” Bell said, explaining why he’s against Rice speaking.
This article was posted: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 2:33 pm
Read more about Rutgers Professor Explains Why He’s Opposed To Condoleezza Rice Speaking At Commencement and other interesting subjects concerning NSA at TheDailyNewsReport.com
Thursday, February 6, 2014
"Ed Snowden isn"t a whistleblower – he"s a traitor"
(PJMedia) Leading members of the House Armed Services Committee emerged from a classified briefing on the Edward Snowden leaks Wednesday afternoon “shocked” at the amount of information he reportedly leaked beyond the NSA surveillance programs.
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), chairman of the Armed Service panel’s Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee and also a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said the briefing on the defense consequences of Snowden’s leaks was “very highly classified,” and therefore details couldn’t be discussed.
Thornberry did say that lawmakers “left the briefing disturbed and angered” after hearing that the leaks by the former Booz Allen Hamilton employee “went well beyond programs associated with the NSA and data collection.”
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Friday, January 3, 2014
Steve Lonegan Says He"s Running For Congress
Steve Lonegan, the outspoken Republican who mounted an unsuccessful Senate campaign in New Jersey against Cory Booker (D) last year, is back.
Lonegan told the Star-Ledger on Friday he intends to run for the seat being vacated by retiring Rep. Jon Runyan (R) in the state’s 3rd Congressional District.
“I have the hottest donor list in the country. My name ID there is over 90 percent. I have a terrific campaign team that’s ready to rock, is experienced and seasoned,” Lonegan told the newspaper. “I have coordinators in every town in the district, in every church and synagogue.”
Lonegan currently lives at least 70 miles away from the 3rd District in the borough of Bogota, N.J., where he served as mayor for three terms, ending in 2007. However, he confirmed to the Star-Ledger that he’s closing on a house in the district. He said he doesn’t expect his status as a new arrival to hinder his chances.
“Over the past decade or more, I’ve spent an awful lot of time in Ocean and Burlington. I’ve had a strong presence there. I performed very well. I’ll be living there a year before I even get sworn in,” said Lonegan. “By October that’s old news.”
In addition to his Senate bid last year, Lonegan has previously run two unsuccessful gubernatorial campaigns. He also lost a House race to former Rep. Steve Rothman (D) in 1998.
Steve Lonegan Says He"s Running For Congress
Saturday, November 23, 2013
FCC Chief Says He"s Personally Opposed To In-Flight Phone Calls
The new head of the Federal Communications Commission proposes allowing airline passengers to make phone calls during flights. Here, a passenger looks at her cellphone before a flight last month.
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The new head of the Federal Communications Commission proposes allowing airline passengers to make phone calls during flights. Here, a passenger looks at her cellphone before a flight last month.
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Just a day after his agency said it was reviewing “outdated and restrictive rules” banning the use of cellphones during flights, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is tempering his statement.
“We understand that many passengers would prefer that voice calls not be made on airplanes,” Tom Wheeler, who was confirmed for the job in late October, said in a statement on Friday. “I feel that way myself.”
As we reported, the ink on Wheeler’s original statement had barely dried, when Association of Flight Attendants issued its own statement voicing opposition on behalf of itself and passengers.
“Any situation that is loud, divisive, and possibly disruptive is not only unwelcome but also unsafe,” the organization said. “Many polls and surveys conducted over the years find that a vast majority of the traveling public wants to keep the ban on voice calls in the aircraft cabin.”
After public opposition mounted, Wheeler issued another statement toning down his first, short statement. Wheeler said that before any rule on phone use is lifted, there will be a period of public comment. Also, even if it is lifted — the FCC, he added makes determinations based on technical reasons — it will be up to the airlines to decide whether in-flight phone use is a good idea.
“We believe that airlines are best positioned to make such decisions. For this reason, our proposal does not impose any requirement that airlines should provide voice connectivity,” Wheeler said. “We encourage airlines, pilots, flight attendants, and the public to engage in our upcoming rulemaking process.”
As Bill noted in our previous report on the subject, the same kind of proposal was made by the FCC back in 2004. It was ultimately dropped because of oppositions from groups worried about the distraction it would cause on a plane.
FCC Chief Says He"s Personally Opposed To In-Flight Phone Calls
FCC Chief Says He"s Personally Opposed To In-Flight Phone Calls
FCC Chief Says He"s Personally Opposed To In-Flight Phone Calls
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The new head of the Federal Communications Commission proposes allowing airline passengers to make phone calls during flights. Here, a passenger looks at her cellphone before a flight last month.
Matt Slocum/AP
The new head of the Federal Communications Commission proposes allowing airline passengers to make phone calls during flights. Here, a passenger looks at her cellphone before a flight last month.
Matt Slocum/AP
Just a day after his agency said it was reviewing “outdated and restrictive rules” banning the use of cellphones during flights, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is tempering his statement.
“We understand that many passengers would prefer that voice calls not be made on airplanes,” Tom Wheeler, who was confirmed for the job in late October, said in a statement on Friday. “I feel that way myself.”
As we reported, the ink on Wheeler’s original statement had barely dried, when Association of Flight Attendants issued its own statement voicing opposition on behalf of itself and passengers.
“Any situation that is loud, divisive, and possibly disruptive is not only unwelcome but also unsafe,” the organization said. “Many polls and surveys conducted over the years find that a vast majority of the traveling public wants to keep the ban on voice calls in the aircraft cabin.”
After public opposition mounted, Wheeler issued another statement toning down his first, short statement. Wheeler said that before any rule on phone use is lifted, there will be a period of public comment. Also, even if it is lifted — the FCC, he added makes determinations based on technical reasons — it will be up to the airlines to decide whether in-flight phone use is a good idea.
“We believe that airlines are best positioned to make such decisions. For this reason, our proposal does not impose any requirement that airlines should provide voice connectivity,” Wheeler said. “We encourage airlines, pilots, flight attendants, and the public to engage in our upcoming rulemaking process.”
As Bill noted in our previous report on the subject, the same kind of proposal was made by the FCC back in 2004. It was ultimately dropped because of oppositions from groups worried about the distraction it would cause on a plane.
Read more about FCC Chief Says He"s Personally Opposed To In-Flight Phone Calls and other interesting subjects concerning NSA at TheDailyNewsReport.com
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
NY Times: Bradley Manning Now Called Chelsea, and He"s a She
Manning was convicted last month of violating the U.S. Espionage Act, among other offenses, after dumping hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the anti-secrets website WikiLeaks, which published many of them. Other media also published the secrets leaked by Manning.
The Associated Press also will start using “she” and call her Chelsea when referring to Manning, who declared last Thursday he would live as a woman, Politico reported Monday.
“Our deputy editor in charge of copy desks has sent out a message to let folks here know we will make the change tomorrow,” Greg Brock, the Times’ senior editor for standards, told Politico.
A New York Times representative confirmed the change.
The AP alerted its member editors in an email Monday night, Politico reported.
“The Associated Press will henceforth use Pvt. Chelsea E. Manning and female pronouns for the soldier formerly known as Bradley Manning, in accordance with her wishes to live as a woman,” the email stated.
Manning dropped his transgender bombshell on Aug. 22, a day after being sentenced to 35 years in Fort Leavenworth military prison and a dishonorable discharge from the Army.
“I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female,” declared the 25-year-old Manning, asking supporters to use “my new name and use the feminine pronoun” in gender references.
Manning said in the statement:
“As I transition into this next phase of my life, I want everyone to know the real me,” she wrote.
“… Given the way that I feel, and have felt since childhood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible. I hope that you will support me in this transition.”
The AP explained:
“The use of the first name Chelsea and feminine pronouns in Manning’s case is in conformity with the transgender guidance in the AP Stylebook.
“The guidance calls for using the pronoun preferred by the individuals who have acquired the physical characteristics of the opposite sex or present themselves in a way that does not correspond with their sex at birth.”
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NY Times: Bradley Manning Now Called Chelsea, and He"s a She