Ronald L. Kuby (born July 31, 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a criminal defense and civil rights lawyer, radio talk show host and TV commentator. He has hosted radio programs on WABC Radio in New York and Air America Radio. After his parents divorced when he was five years old, Kuby lived with his mother. At thirteen, he joined the Jewish Defense League under the influence of his father, a follower of Meir David Kahane. He would later defend El Sayyid Nosair, convicted of Kahane's murder as part of his conviction for conspiracy in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. In junior high school, Kuby says he was nearly expelled for publishing an underground newspaper critical of the school administration.[1] As a teenager, he visited Israel, but soon returned to the United States complaining of "anti-Arab racism". [2] After dropping out of college, Kuby briefly worked on a tug boat in the US Virgin Islands, then moved to New England, and Kansas, where he eventually completed his degree at the University of Kansas. Partnership with William Kunstler While in college, Kuby interned with William Kunstler, a lawyer known for his defense of the Chicago Seven. Kuby earned his Juris Doctor from Cornell Law School in 1983. His grades entitled him to a position on the prestigious Cornell Law Review but Kuby turned down the invitation. He graduated as one of the top students in his class. From 1983 until Kunstler's death in 1995, Kuby worked as junior partner in Kunstler's law firm ...
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a fifth generation, single seat, single engine, stealth capable multirole fighter, that can perform close air support, tactical bombing, and air defense missions. The F-35 has three different models, one is a conventional takeoff and landing fighter, the second is short takeoff and vertical landing fighter, and the third is a carrier based fighter. The F-35 is intended to be the world's premier strike aircraft through 2040, with close and long range air-to-air capability second only to that of the F-22 Raptor. The F-35 is required to be four times more effective than existing fighters in air-to-air combat, eight times more effective in air-to-ground combat, and three times more effective in reconnaissance and suppression of air defenses, all while having better range and requiring less logistics support. With takeoff weights up to 60000 lb (27000 kg), the F-35 is considerably heavier than the lightweight fighters it replaces. In empty and maximum gross weights, it more closely resembles the single seat, single engine F-105 Thunderchief which was the largest single engine fighter of the Vietnam era The F-35 is descended from the X-35, the product of the Joint Strike Fighter program. Its development is being principally funded by the United States, with the United Kingdom and other partner governments providing additional funding. It is being designed and built by an aerospace industry team led by Lockheed Martin with Northrop ...
Eric Schmidt presents Google's vision of the mobile future at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain on Tuesday, February 16, 2010. www.mobileworldcongress.com NOTE: This video has been updated to include an introductory video that played before Eric's speech.
Roger Ailes, an American businessman and president of Fox News Channel and chairman of the Fox Television Stations Group, talks with Peter Robinson on Uncommon Knowledge.
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Beginning in 1964, where an older and fatter Jake lamotta (Robert De Niro) practices his stand-up comic routine, a flashback shifts to his boxing career in New York of 1941 against his opponent, Jimmy Reeves, in the infamous Cleveland bout. Losing the fight by a fixed result causes a fight to break out at the end of the match. His brother Joey lamotta (Joe Pesci) is not only a sparring partner to him but also responsible for organizing his fights. Joey discusses a potential shot for the title with one of his mob connections, Salvy Batts (Frank Vincent), on the way to his brother's house in their neighborhood in the Bronx. When they are finally settled in the house, Jake admits that he does not have much faith in his own abilities. Accompanied by his brother to the local open-air swimming pool, a restless Jake spots a 15-year-old girl named Vickie at the edge of the pool (Cathy Moriarty). Although he has to be reminded by his brother he is already married, the opportunity to invite her out for the day very soon comes true when Joey gives in. Jake has two fights with Sugar Ray Robinson, set two years apart, and Jake loses the second when the judges rule in favor of Sugar Ray because he was leaving the sport temporarily for conscription in the United States Army. This does not deter Jake from winning six straight fights, but as his fears grow about his wife, Vickie, having feelings for other men, particularly Tony Janiro, the opponent for his forthcoming fight, he is keen ...
White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing. (public domain)