Donald H. Harrison

Leichtag Foundation executives to tell programs

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)-  Charlene Seidle and Sharyn Goodson representing the Leichtag Foundation will be guest speakers at the January 18, 2017 Beth Israel Men’s Club Dinner Forum. Seidle and Goodson will provide an overview of the Leichtag Foundation and the Coastal Roots Farm. The Leichtag Foundation, is a private independent foundation which works to honor the legacy of […]

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Middle East Roundup: December 13, 2016

  Netanyahu embarks on historic visit to Muslim allies Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan (JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left Tuesday for a historic visit to Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, two Muslim-majority nations, in an effort to bolster ties with the Central Asian former Soviet Republics. In Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku, Netanyahu met with President Ilham Aliyev,

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Middle East

Humoring the headlines: December 13, 2016

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Donald Trump previously announced that he would divulge his plan for insulating himself from charges of business conflicts of interest as President this Thursday.  Now he has postponed this speech until January (of 2021?). * Donald Trump decided to appoint Rex Tillerson, the CEO of ExxonMobil, to be his Secretary of

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Lockheed Martin is latest company to earn the Twitter wrath of Donald Trump

Memo to Corporate America: Be ready to be Donald Trump’s next target. Defense giant Lockheed Martin Corp. found that out Monday when the president-elect again used Twitter to blast the F-35 fighter-jet program for costs he termed “out of control.” The stock prices of Lockheed Martin, the project’s prime contractor, and of one of its

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USA

Jill Stein’s Wisconsin recount just confirmed Donald Trump’s win and then some

Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein’s election recount efforts in Wisconsin have shown that the grand total from the state was off after all. President-elect Donald Trump ended up gaining an extra 162 votes in Wisconsin, increasing his margin of victory by .06 percent. Watch the video The recount results were learned Monday. In the

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USA

High school nude picture-sharing scheme investigated by police

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Police are investigating an alleged scheme in which high school students exchanged nude photos of female students using a shared Dropbox account that apparently spans several schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, authorities said. Mountain View High School is the only campus identified as having students tied to the ersatz

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Former ISIL sex slaves receive the Sakharov Prize

ISIL survivors-turned-activists Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar will receive the 2016 Sakharov Prize in a ceremony in a ceremony in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday. After escaping sexual enslavement by ISIL, the Iraqi Yazidi women became spokespeople for women affected by the terrorist group’s campaign of sexual violence. They have also spoken

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International, Middle East

Trump postpones plan to avert conflicts of interest in White House

President-elect Donald Trump, whose global business deals pose major ethical challenges, scratched plans Monday for a “major news conference” on Thursday to disclose how he would avoid conflicts of interest in the White House. Legal advisers to the president-in-waiting need more time to structure arrangements for a withdrawal from his business empire, Trump spokeswoman Hope

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USA

China warns Trump about insults’ cost

Beijing asks president-elect not to destroy foundation for Sino-US cooperation The Foreign Ministry urged US president-elect Donald Trump on Monday to act prudently on the Taiwan question to avoid “serious damage to the Sino-US relationship”, after Trump once again publicly provoked China. Beijing could react with countermeasures in trade and regional issues, if Trump keeps

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International, USA

Entering a ‘world of economic chaos,’ Venezuela struggles with hyperinflation

BOGOTA, Colombia — Venezuela’s struggling economy just passed another grim milestone: it’s the seventh country in Latin America to ever experience hyperinflation. The term “hyperinflation” is often bandied about, but it’s actually quite rare, and only happens when monthly inflation exceeds 50 percent for more than 30 consecutive days. On Dec. 3, Venezuela did just

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International

GOP Leaders in Congress Break With Trump on Russia

The Russian hacking allegations appear to be fueling a Republican crackup, as party leaders in Washington broke publicly with their president-elect over intelligence reports Moscow intervened in the 2016 election to benefit Donald Trump. House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke up Monday to condemn Russian meddling in the election, after

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International, USA

Two extra ordinary Holocaust films: ‘Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe’ and ‘Denial’

By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — This past weekend I saw two intense biographical documentaries dealing with completely opposing viewpoints on the Holocaust. The first, Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe, told of the melancholy meanderings of the Austrian writer/playwright/philosopher who, at the height of his career in the 1920s and ‘30s was one of the

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Cynthia Citron, Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

1940s Radio Hour a delightful holiday break

  By Eric George Tauber CARLSBAD, California — Once upon a time, families huddled around wooden boxes in rapt attention. The radio gave us our news, music, comedy and drama. Sound effects planted pictures in our minds and our imaginations took it from there. This was the world of Walton Jones’ 1940s Radio Hour playing at

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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast