Useful free online resources for learning German
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Al-Azhar fatwa center says Muslim Brotherhood haram
Various Arabic newspapers are reporting that for the first time in history, the prestigious al-Azhar has explicitly declared that belonging to Muslim Brotherhood is religiously disallowed. I was not able to find a copy of…
36 characteristics typical of fascist regimes
The following handy reference is copied directly from Tschentscher, Axel, Footprints of the Evil: Techniques of Nazi Lawmaking (March 27, 2010).1–copied directly, except that the original was an unnumbered list, with the following surrounding explanations:…
Horse-Related Semitic Roots
حصان – protectionخيل – خال / مختال – prancing and struttingفرس – fierceness – compare פרש (parash – horseman) مهر – fastnessסוס – سوس – “sus” – Compare sisu, from Sumerian for “mountain ass,” Ugaritic…
Iran-related geopolitical events during Trump Administration (2017-2021)
2017 1/27/2017: Muslim travel ban limiting immigration from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.1BBC, CNN. Iran bewildered, promises to retaliate.7NYT, FT, WaPo, Reuters, CNN, WSJ. 2/3/2017: U.S. sanctions imposed after Iran medium-range ballistic…
Pro-Iran militias planning attacks on American interests in Nineveh and Sinjar areas in memory of Soleimani’s killing (1/3/2020) and as indirect response to assassination of nuclear scientist Fakhrizadeh (11/27/2020)
Al-Sharq Al-Awsat’s front-page article on December 4, 2020, reports that, according to an anonymous “high-level security source”: There is intel that militia units of the pro-Iranian Popular Mobilization Forces are planning to target US interests…
The Electoral College
Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the…
Readable version of Opinion & Order denying injunctive relief in Costantino v. Detroit (11-13-2020)
Scan of the Opinion & Order pulled from Twitter, with OCR text layer. See also Democracy Docket, which contains links to PDFs of multiple filings (but not all). STATE OF MICHIGANIN THE THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT…
Agency & Partnership Rules
Trump election litigation after November 2020
Pennsylvania [2020-11-03] In re: Canvassing Observation; Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, Docket No. 1094 C.D. 2020 Contains transcript of 11-03 hearing regarding observer access and distance between poll workers and observers. [2020-11-04 15:14] Republican Party of…