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Post by mhbruin on Jan 20, 2024 8:59:47 GMT -8
She was engaged to a man with a wooden leg but she broke it off. A Cracker-Jack AttorneyThis should be a time that Widener University Commonwealth Law School would want to trumpet one of its most notable alumni. Alina Habba, a 2010 graduate, has been representing Donald Trump — a former president of the United States who has a huge lead to become this year’s Republican presidential nominee. She’s on national television and all over social media. But Widener Commonwealth — a little-known private institution in Harrisburg, Pa., ranked in the bottom 20 percent of law schools by U.S. News & World Report — has been all but silent. Widener Commonwealth deans, professors and alumni contacted by Raw Story had effectively nothing to say about Habba. There’s also no mention of Habba on the “alumni spotlight” of Widener Commonwealth’s website, and she has not been the subject of any stories in the “alumni news” section. The only appearance of Habba at all comes on page 35 of Volume 17, Number 2 of the Widener University School of Law Magazine, published in 2010. The bottom of page 35 of the Widener University School of Law Magazine from Fall 2010 contains the only mention of Alina Habba on the Widener University Commonwealth Law School's website. Source: Widener University School of Law Magazine There, Habba — student co-chair of the Class of 2010 gift committee — is pictured holding a basketball, part of “sports equipment and a shed to house it” that her class donated to the school. Fast forward 13 years: Habba has been widely excoriated for incompetence and seeming ignorance about the most basic aspects of courtroom protocol and procedure. Those shortcomings, and others, became glaringly apparent in this week’s federal case to determine damages owed to writer E. Jean Carroll for defamation by Trump, who has previously been found liable by a federal civil jury for sexually abusing and defaming Carroll. Referring mockingly to one of the Trump’s defunct business ventures, a post on X said, “ Did Alina Habba get her law degree at Trump University?” Some others that took aim at her education: “Are we sure Habba went to law school?” “Alina Habba got her law degree from a box of Cracker Jack.” “Alina Habba has single-handedly devalued a law degree from Widener University.” Alina Habba is persona non grata at her Pennsylvania law schoolIn a podcast interview earlier this month, Habba said, “Somebody said to me, ‘Alina, would you rather be smart or pretty?’ And I said, ‘Oh, easy, pretty. You can fake being smart.'” |
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Post by mhbruin on Jan 20, 2024 9:06:15 GMT -8
You Don't Need to Attend Widener Law School to Know that the Conflict is Widening
Four senior members of Iran's security forces have been killed in a suspected air strike on the Syrian capital.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard blamed Israel for the attack, which it said killed four military advisers as well as a number of Syrian forces.
Israel has not commented. For years it has carried out strikes on Iranian-linked targets in Syria.
Such strikes have intensified since the Israel-Gaza war began following Hamas's 7 October attacks on Israel.
Iran's foreign ministry said the attacks were an "aggressive and provocative" act by Israel, urging international actors to condemn them.
Senior figures among the Revolutionary Guard - a major military, political and economic force in Iran - have been present in Syria since the civil war began there in 2011, helping to support the regime of President Bashar al-Assad against widespread rebellion to his rule.
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Post by mhbruin on Jan 20, 2024 9:07:55 GMT -8
They Had Confidence in Bibi? Really?Pro-Israel hawks in both parties on Capitol Hill are sounding the alarm that they are losing confidence in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his handling of the war against Hamas. While progressive lawmakers have consistently been critical of Netanyahu and Israel’s counterassault in the Gaza Strip that has leveled buildings and killed thousands of Palestinian civilians, it’s significant that pro-Israel lawmakers who serve on key national security panels are now voicing frustration about Netanyahu’s leadership, albeit quietly. Three of the lawmakers who spoke to NBC News said they are even questioning whether the 74-year-old prime minister has a strategy to end the bloody war in Gaza and have suggested that the unpopular Netanyahu may be deliberately trying to prolong it in order to remain in power. “It’s really hard to defend Bibi or to justify his political strategy in all of this,” said one House Republican who deals with national security issues and requested anonymity to discuss sensitive matters. “From a personal level, I think it’s to his political benefit to stay engaged in conflict, whether that’s with Hezbollah or whether that’s in Gaza. Any type of cease-fire or peace agreement, rebuilding effort or off-ramp is detrimental for him politically, and I think that factors in on what he’s doing.” The Republican added: “There’s real distrust, there’s real questions about his ability to lead, and I think he’s very, very unpopular. I think you’re seeing that within his Cabinet. You’re seeing that within his coalition. You’re seeing that within the military, within the country. And I think that is front and center for a lot of policymakers here in the U.S. from a national security standpoint.”
Pro-Israel lawmakers in both U.S. parties are losing confidence in Netanyahu
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Post by mhbruin on Jan 20, 2024 9:10:23 GMT -8
Do Old People Like Hearing they are Too Old From An Old Guy?
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Post by mhbruin on Jan 20, 2024 9:15:10 GMT -8
The QOP Will Screw Up the Whole World to Deny Biden a Win
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Post by mhbruin on Jan 20, 2024 9:17:21 GMT -8
To Previous Guy There Are Two Kinds of Women: The Ones He Wants to Grab by the Pussy and the Ones He Doesn't. If You are in Group 2, You All Look Alike.
“Nikki Haley, Nikki Haley, everyone knows she was in charge of security at the Capitol and we offered her 10,000 people”.
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Post by mhbruin on Jan 20, 2024 9:24:18 GMT -8
NBC Works Hard to Find the Bad NewsAmericans are feeling optimistic about the economy again, with some exceptionsAmerican consumers haven't felt this good about the direction of the economy in years. That may signal the end of what some had come to call a "vibes-cession," where, despite decades-low unemployment and falling inflation, something still felt a bit off about the economy. First, the monthly University of Michigan survey of U.S. consumers’ sentiment jumped 13% in January to reach its highest level since July 2021 — with the cumulative two-month gain of 29% figuring as the largest-consecutive increase since 1991, when a recession was ending. Joe Biden Says, "You're Welcome"The S&P 500 closed at an all-time high on Friday as investors returned to buying equities in force following a short-lived market stumble to start the new year. The broad market index rose 1.23% to settle at 4,839.81, surpassing both the prior record intraday and closing highs from January 2022. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which set its own record at the end of last year, added 395.19 points, or 1.05%, to end at 37,863.80. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 1.70% to 15,310.97. The smaller, more tech-focused Nasdaq-100 gained 1.95% to also hit a record high. All three major averages are now in positive territory for 2024, with the 30-stock Dow going green during Friday’s rally.
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Post by mhbruin on Jan 20, 2024 9:28:39 GMT -8
Couldn't They Pay Someone to Stand in Line for them?
No one is a fan of waiting in line — especially the uber-wealthy.
The "biggest complaint" among those who attended the World Economic Forum in Davos this week might just be the long lines they were stuck in, The New York Times' Dealbook reported.
Business Insider was in attendance at Davos, and can confirm there were long lines to enter both the conference's go-to hotel, the Grandhotel Belvédère, and some of the hottest parties.
At the Grandhotel Belvédère, the wait times just to enter the building were up to an hour, Dealbook reported. The delay was partly due to the building's advanced security measures, which one executive told the Times were even more of a hassle than airport security. Apparently, the exec was required to remove his Apple Watch every time he entered the building.
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Post by mhbruin on Jan 20, 2024 9:31:45 GMT -8
This Ruby is a Gem
It was pet dog Ruby to the rescue this week, after she saved her owner when he fell into an icy lake in Michigan.
The brown and white patched dog helped save her owner from a potentially life-threatening situation, enabling a police officer to “perform a successful ice rescue” when the officer could not reach him due to the ice conditions, Michigan state police said in a statement.
Video of the dramatic rescue was widely shared online after being captured by Motor Carrier Officer Kammeron Bennetts’ body cam.
The video shows Bennetts arriving at the blizzard scene Thursday to find the 65-year-old Traverse City man fallen into a freezing Arbutus Lake, in East Bay Township.
Unable to traverse the thin ice himself, he enlists the help of the canine.
“Send your pup here. Will she come to me?” Bennetts shouts to the man, who replies that the dog’s name is Ruby.
“Ruby, come here! Come here, Ruby!” Bennetts bellows before the dog rushes toward the officer. He then attaches a bright orange rescue disc to her collar along with a piece of rope and urges her owner to call her back over.
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The fallen man grabs the disc and is instructed to “kick your feet” by Bennetts. “Keep pulling the disc,” he shouts: “Pull, pull, pull!”
Eventually, he emerges from the icy water and is dragged across the snow on his belly, along with Ruby, to safety, helped by a firefighter.
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Post by mhbruin on Jan 20, 2024 9:35:29 GMT -8
The Dog That Was Pooping MoneyYou Won’t Believe What This Dog Ate And How His Owners Got It Back!The Pennsylvania family had quite the shock when they left $4,000 in cash on the table and just 30-minutes later, found that their dog Cecil had chowed down on it. Clayton and Carrie Law had just taken money out of the bank, left it on the table, and were stunned to find their pup thought it was his meal. "We were pretty down about the situation when it happened," Clayton said. "Around 2 a.m. that night, Cecil woke us up because he had to vomit. At that point, I got hope after seeing the $100 bills coming out." Over the course of the next few days, Cecil was like a walking ATM machine expelling $50 and $100 bills. The Laws decided to put a system in place to help them sort through what they were finding - sifting through poop, washing the money found, and matching serial numbers on the scraps of bills and taping them back together.
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Post by mhbruin on Jan 20, 2024 9:37:12 GMT -8
When Will THey Ever Learn?
Republicans just cannot give up on their dream of ending Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Nor can they give up on the idea that they’ll be shielded from the voters’ blowback of cutting those programs if they get someone else to tell them to do it. That’s what they tried back in 2010 with the Bowles-Simpson fiscal committee, dubbed the “catfood commission” by the left, and again with the failed “super committee” in 2011.
The House Budget Committee was back at it this week, approving yet another fiscal commission they want to see included in the final appropriations package they should be voting on in March, having kicked that can down the road again with the short-term funding bill they passed this week. They want another commission that could fast-track cuts to social insurance programs, blocking efforts by Democrats to add protections for those programs in the bill.
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