Donald H. Harrison

80 Beachgoers Form Human Chain to Save Family Being Dragged Out to Sea By RipTide

This dramatic beach rescue proves that anyone can be hero. Over 80 pedestrians on the Panama City Beach in Florida formed a human chain to save a family of nine from a dangerous riptide. style=”display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-8420654331411867″ data-ad-slot=”1313712966″> Events began to unfold on Saturday evening when Roberta Ursrey and her husband saw their two young sons […]

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USA

An iceberg the size of Delaware just broke off of Antarctica

“We are seeing a microcosm of the future.” A rift in the Antarctic Peninsula’s Larsen C ice shelf NASA In a harbinger of future sea-level rise that could pose a serious threat to coastal communities, an iceberg the size of Delaware has broken free from an Antarctic ice shelf, leaving the rest of the shelf

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Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share

Kellyanne Conway Says Trump Resistance Hurting America

Kellyanne Conway didn’t like the pink pussy hats that protestors of Donald Trump and his administration donned at women’s marches across the country the day after his inauguration. The sartorial symbol of resistance to Trump’s brash, sexist remarks during his presidential campaign and to the policies on reproductive rights he and Mike Pence have espoused,

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USA

Taxpayers revolt against supporting P.A. terror

By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — The issue of government subsidies for Palestinian terrorist salaries is again in the international spotlight. What began in November 2013, as a barely believable revelation — that taxpayers in Great Britain, the US, and other Western nations were bankrolling terrorist salaries — has now become a universally-acknowledged, impossible-to-deny, and impossible-to-defend embarrassment for governments.

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International, Middle East, USA

Franken mixes politics, comedy in L.A. appearance

By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — Minnesota Senator Al Franken was in Los Angeles last weekend to promote his new book, Al Franken, Giant of the Senate.  Taking advantage of his visit, Andrea Grossman, founder of the popular discussion forum The Writers Bloc, teamed up with The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Arts to sponsor two hilarious discussions between

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Cynthia Citron, USA

SodaStream’s Mayim Bialik ad targets plastic bottles

AIRPORT CITY, Israel – SodaStream International Ltd. (NASDAQ:SODA), has launched its new environmental global campaign, “The Homoschlepiens.” The video released Wednesday features Mayim Bialik, AKA Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler from the hit TV series The Big Bang Theory, and Kristian Nairn, AKA Hodor of the legendary Game of Thrones. Set in the future, “The Homoschlepiens”

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International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Book chronicles and analyzes coercion and depravity

Theresienstadt 1941-1945: The Face of a Coerced Community  by H.G.Adler; Cambridge University Press, 2017 By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — This monumental monograph, to which no book review can hope to do justice, comprises more than 850 pages and constitutes a far-reaching and detailed account, or rather scientific analysis, of the concentration camp that was

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish History

Why Is Netanyahu Not Slamming Hungary’s Soros Posters?

The Israeli Foreign Ministry issued a statement Sunday that appeared to back a Hungarian government advertising campaign against Jewish billionaire George Soros that has been described as “anti-Semitic.” Billboards across the country show Soros, an 86-year-old Hungarian-American Jew, smirking alongside the line “Let’s not allow Soros to have the last laugh,” which the top Jewish

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International, Middle East

Is Mike Pence the Next President?

Vice President Mike Pence appears to be distancing himself from the president as Donald Trump’s allies seemingly become further mired in the Russia investigation. Pence, who started a political action committee in May with the help of his former campaign chairman, Nick Ayers, on Tuesday released a statement that has added to speculation that the

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USA

DeVos Invested In Defense Contractor While Her Brother Crafted Afghan War Policy

Department of Education Secretary and billionaire heiress Betsy DeVos invested in a defense contracting firm owned by her son-in-law at the same time her brother was helping the Trump administration craft a new Afghan war strategy — one that called on the military to use more private contractors. Betsy DeVos invested between $100,000 and $250,000

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International, USA

Trump Scandal Is Beautiful For Putin, Says Ex-KGB Agent

As the controversy centering around Donald Trump Jr.’s relations with a Kremlin-linked lawyer descends into farce, a former Soviet sleeper agent has waded into the debate with his claims that Russia could not have planted a less competent administration in the U.S. than President Donald Trump’s. “It is like watching a Bugs Bunny cartoon with

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International, USA

David ‘Buzz’ Sommers, formerly of Poway, dies in Canada

TORONTO, Canada (SDJW)– David “Buzz” Jonathan Sommers died peacefully in the early morning of Friday July 7, 2017, after a short but hard-fought battle against colon cancer, with Julia, his wife of almost 36 years, by his side. He was 58 years old. Sommers, formerly a resident of San Diego and Poway,  was a family

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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County