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Author Archives: Yisroel Pensack
Yisroel Pensack: Prime Minister Proposes English Health Care System Overhaul
According to an article by Sarah Lyall in The New York Times: LONDON — Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday proposed a radical reorganization of England’s health care system, introducing legislation that would hand responsibility for most of the country’s … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Henry George, New York Times, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged 1909 Budget Bill, American, Britain, david cameron, England's health care system, land values, landlords, Lloyd George, National Health Service, prime minister, sarah lyall, socialized care, taxes, United States
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Yisroel Pensack: Feds Planning to Move Loughner Trial to San Diego, Report Says
According to a Washington Post report by Jerry Markon, Federal authorities are planning to move the trial of the alleged gunman in the Jan. 8 mass shooting in Tucson to San Diego because of extensive pretrial publicity in Arizona, federal … Continue reading
Posted in San Diego, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged a matter of time, Arizona, change of venue, Jared Lee Loughner, Jerry Markon, John M. Roll, Judy Clarke, Larry A. Burns, massacre, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Roslyn O. Silver, Tucson, washington post
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Yisroel Pensack: Tucson Shooter Had Sexual Gun Fetish, Photos Show
The New York Times reports: TUCSON — Law enforcement officials said Friday they have multiple photos of Jared L. Loughner posing with a Glock 9mm gun next to his naked buttocks and dressed in a bright red g-string. The photos … Continue reading
Posted in New York Times, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged Arizona congresswoman, crotch, federal judge, Glock 9mm gun, Jared L. Loughner, law enforcement officials, naked buttocks, photos, Police, red g-string, same model of weapon, sexual gun fetish, Tucson shooter, walgreens
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Yisroel Pensack: Rep. Giffords’ Medical Progress Called a ‘Miracle’
It’s not often that The New York Times reports on “miracles”: TUCSON — …Representative Gabrielle Giffords continued Friday to make significant medical progress, her doctors said… Last Saturday, Ms. Giffords, an Arizona Democrat, was meeting with constituents in a Tucson … Continue reading
Posted in Judaism, New York Times, Torah, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged Arizona, Dr. G. Michael Lemole Jr., miracles, neurosurgery, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, thrice-daily prayers, Torah, Tucson, university medical center
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Yisroel Pensack: Should College Have Asked Court to Evaluate Student Who Became Tucson Shooter?
A New York Times article by A. G. Sulzberger and Trip Gabriel notes: TUCSON — Many people had a glimpse of the deep delusions and festering anger of Jared L. Loughner, but none seemed in a better position to connect … Continue reading
Posted in New York Times, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged A.G. Sulzberger, Andrew Longstreth, Arizona statute, court-ordered evaluation, involuntary evaluation, Jared L. Loughner, Laura J. Waterman, mental disorder, persistently or acutely disabled, Pima Community College, Reuters Legal, Trip Gabriel, Tucson
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Yisroel Pensack: Arizona Assassin Should Have Been in Psychiatric Treatment
In an article headlined “Jared Loughner: Focus on delusions, not politics,” San Francisco Chronicle reporters Carolyn Jones and Casey Newton zero in on the real issue underlying the Arizona congressional assassination attempt and mass-murder tragedy — an insane legal system … Continue reading
Posted in California, Politics, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged Arizona assassin, delusions, Dr. Bob Dolgoff, insane legal system, Jared Loughner, Laura's Law, mass murder, medication, mental illness, psychiatric disorders, psychiatric treatment, psychotics, san francisco chronicle, schizophrenia, violence
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