"Collusion isn't a crime...."

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Friday December 15, 2017 · 2:28 AM PST

2017/12/15 · 02:28

I am so tired of hearing people say “Collusion isn’t a crime.” No, it is not a legal term. So let’s start using legal terms.

Accessory

Definition

Someone aiding in or contributing to the commission or concealment of a felony, e.g. by assisting in planning or encouraging another to commit a crime (an accessory before the fact) or by helping another escape arrest or punishment (an accessory after the fact). An accessory, unlike an accomplice, is typically not present when the crime is committed.

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Voices from Libya about today's events

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Wednesday September 12, 2012 · 10:08 AM PDT

2012/09/12 · 10:08

People in Libya and other Middle Eastern countries are dismayed and upset about the attacks on the consulate in Benghazi and embassy in Cairo. A collection of Tweets about the attacks (some translated from Arabic) can be found on a website called Global Voices.

I think it's important to reject any implication that what happened is in anyway similar to Tehran. The Libyan government has condemned the attack, and it is not supported by most Libyans. (I can't verify this with a poll, but there doesn't appear to be a general anti-American sentiment.)

Beefing up our marine units in Libya and Egypt is a prudent measure, but any other military action would seem to be unwarranted. Ambassador Stevens lost his life in a country he had spent a lot of time in and probably had great hope for Libya's rebirth. I hope the Libyan government can keep any further protests from going out of control so that there will be no more waste of human lives.

Some sample Tweets:

@Khalil_alagha: The American Ambassador who was killed in Benghazi was a strong supporter of the Libyan revolution and he loved the Arab world. His reward was his murder. We are a doomed nation.

From a Saudi

@Fahad: No one is more dangerous than someone who has religious zeal combined with ignorance. The Libyan revolution will lose its credibility if the criminals who have killed the American Ambassador are not punished.

From Egypt

adiaE: We truly deserve all that is happening to us. The whole world will despise us until we get rid of the ignorance and fundamentalism we are in. There is something wrong with us and not with a stupid movie.

why I don't think the recession is really over

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Monday November 16, 2009 · 8:20 AM PST

2009/11/16 · 08:20

As part of my post-bacc program to get elementary teaching certification, I have to take a course in American History, which I haven't studied since high school. As I do my reading, I have been struck by how many issues through history still resonate in 21st century America. Many of the political/ philosophical debates and sociological trends that are going on today have their roots way in the past. Rather than survey all the "discoveries" I have made while relearning history from an adult rather than adolescent point of view, I want to focus on one argument made in my textbook (American Past and Present, Brief 7th edition; Divine, Breen, et al). Follow me over the fold and I'll explain why I do not feel the recession is really over, or if this one technically is, why another "adjustment" even bigger is looming.

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