Listen to WSJ’s Bret Stephens Secretly Plot With “Pro-Israel” Evangelical Group Against Iran Deal

Listening to standard-issue neocons speak in a way they thought would not be public gives some insight into how they actually think and what they’re saying when talking to one another.

Source: Listen to WSJ’s Bret Stephens Secretly Plot With “Pro-Israel” Evangelical Group Against Iran Deal

Body cam captures cop shooting motorist in head, murder charges follow | Ars Technica


Footage contradicts officer who said he was dragged by vehicle and had to fire.

Source: Body cam captures cop shooting motorist in head, murder charges follow | Ars Technica

Former GOP Sen. Phil Gramm: “It Was an Outrage” That “Exploited” AT&T CEO Got Only $75 Million at Retirement

Gramm attributed anger at CEOs like Edward Whitacre (who actually got $158 million) to “the one form of bigotry that is still allowed in America … bigotry against the successful.”

Source: Former GOP Sen. Phil Gramm: “It Was an Outrage” That “Exploited” AT&T CEO Got Only $75 Million at Retirement

Why Is Iran’s Refusal to Allow No-Notice Inspections Legit? U.S. History With Iraq

During the 1990s, the U.S. abused the UN arms control process to target Iraq’s non-WMD military and overthrow Saddam Hussein.

Source: Why Is Iran’s Refusal to Allow No-Notice Inspections Legit? U.S. History With Iraq

Israeli Special Forces Assassinated Senior Syrian Official

According to an internal National Security Agency document provided by Edward Snowden, the 2008 assassination of Muhammad Suleiman, a top General and aide to the Syrian president, was an Israeli military operation.

Source: Israeli Special Forces Assassinated Senior Syrian Official

AEI Expert: Iranians Think “Very Differently” From Us Because They’re “Nationalists”

Iranians: are they normal human beings like us, or are they weirdos whose foreign, mysterious thought processes can only be understood by experts like Michael Rubin?

Source: AEI Expert: Iranians Think “Very Differently” From Us Because They’re “Nationalists”

50 hospitals charge uninsured more than 10 times cost of care, study finds – The Washington Post

Researchers said the hospitals with the highest markups are not in pricey neighborhoods or big cities.

Source: 50 hospitals charge uninsured more than 10 times cost of care, study finds – The Washington Post

How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti ­and Built Six Homes – ProPublica

Even as the group has publicly celebrated its work, insider accounts detail a string of failures

Source: How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti ­and Built Six Homes – ProPublica

Connecticut gun controls estimated to have cut fatal shootings by 40% | Ars Technica

Added background checks, higher age limits, and safety course appear to add up.

Source: Connecticut gun controls estimated to have cut fatal shootings by 40% | Ars Technica