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Don Lemon is about to get triggered. According to the 2018 General Social Survey (GSS), Trump supporters scored higher on verbal ability tests and science knowledge. As Jim Lindgren at Reason notes, the GSS "is usually regarded as the leading omnibus academic survey in the US; it usually achieves response rates about 10 to 20 times higher than the typical public opinion poll." On the verbal ability test (WORDSUM), not surprisingly the median number of vocabulary questions correct was the same for both Clinton and Trump supporters: 6 out of 10 words correct.   The mean verbal ability score for...

Whites in the United States approve of police officers hitting people in far greater numbers than blacks and Hispanics do, at a time when the country is struggling to deal with police use of deadly force against men of color, according to a major American trend survey. Seven of 10 whites polled, or 70 percent, said they can imagine a situation in which they would approve of a police officer striking an adult male citizen, according to the 2014 General Social Survey, a long-running measurement of trends in American opinions. When asked the same question—“Are there any situations you can...

Americans want lower taxes and more government spending both at once, although their support for spending more tax dollars on health care has dropped dramatically. They’re likelier than ever to not feel connected to any particular religion, but no less likely to believe in God. And for the first time, most want to legalize marijuana. Those are among findings from the 2014 General Social Survey, which has been measuring trends in American opinion and behavior since 1972. …

The much-publicized arrest on Wednesday of Chaim Perlman, 30, has set off a chain of events that has left the Shabak (Internal Security Agency, or ISA) very much on the defensive. Perlman is a member of the religious-Zionist Givat Washington community near the coastal city of Ashdod. Following the arrest, it was said in the name of "sources close to Perlman" that he has evidence proving that the ISA tried to goad him into carrying out illegal acts. Soon afterwards, the ISA came out with a response.

Eran Sternberg, director of Arutz Sheva's televised programming, was forcibly detained and questioned by General Security Services (GSS) on Tuesday. They warned him that he "had best be careful." The GSS (Israel's domestic intelligence agency) claimed that Sternberg engaged in violent incitement against officers of the law. Sternberg, who was the former spokesman for the Gaza Coast Regional Council before the uprooting of the Jewish communities of Gaza, vehemently denies the allegations. Sternberg, 31 and a father of four, currently lives in Yad Binyamin, between Beit Shemesh and Ashdod, together with his expelled neighbors from the former northern Gush Katif...

Boeing Co. has announced a new organization that brings its robotic-airplane program into the same fold as traditional Air Force fighters, bombers and weapons. Based in St. Louis, it will be called Air Force Systems Global Strike Solutions, the company said Wednesday. Darryl W. Davis, who has been running Boeing's unmanned combat aircraft program, will lead the new unit, which will have about 3,000 people throughout Boeing Integrated Defense Systems and $3 billion in annual revenue. Boeing wants a flexible organization that can anticipate and respond to the requirements of the Air Force, Davis said. Under Davis, Boeing's robotic combat...

A shadowy quasi-organization aims to usurp the mainstream settlement lobby by launching a series of controversial demonstrations, moderate and radical settler leaders said Tuesday. On Monday evening, the group surprised the police and the media when it deployed several hundred protesters to some of Israel's busiest intersections during rush hour. They brought large swaths of the country to a halt as they scuffled with police and burned tires in protest of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. While some have dubbed it the "Jewish Tanzim," unofficial spokesmen for the mysterious group, affiliates of the right-wing...

Arab MK Suspected of Terror Contacts 09:06 Nov 26, '03 / 1 Kislev 5764 The Shabak suspects Arab MK Abdel Malek Dehamshe of having incited, encouraged and possibly even aided Palestinian terrorist prisoners during his many visits to them in jail. The Shabak (General Security Service) suspects Arab MK Abdel Malek Dehamshe, who has been in the Knesset since 1996, of having incited, encouraged and possibly even aided Palestinian terrorist prisoners during his visits to them in jail. Dehamshe is a regular visitor to Israeli prisons, having filed more than 80 requests to visit top terrorists just this year. Their...

Terror Massacre in Turkey: MK Calls on Jews to Come Home 08:42 Nov 16, '03 / 21 Cheshvan 5764 Foreign Minister Shalom is in Turkey today, following a day of terror in Istanbul. MK Gila Finkelstein (NRP) said that the attacks "are just another reminder that there is only one place for Jews under the sun, and that is in the State of Israel." Terror Massacre in Turkey: MK Calls on Jews to Come HomeForeign Minister Silvan Shalom is in Turkey today to meet with Jewish community leaders and his counterpart Abdullah Gul, following a day of terror in Istanbul....

Reaction to the Four Shabak Heads 15:40 Nov 16, '03 / 21 Cheshvan 5764Some feel that the line between news and propaganda was irrecoverably blurred this past Friday, when 4 former Shabak heads appeared in a unique joint interview with Yediot Acharonot to communicate their political message. News - or propaganda? Some feel that the line between the two was irrecoverably blurred this past Friday, when four former General Security Service heads appeared in a unique joint interview with Yediot Acharonot to communicate their political message. "We are on our way to catastrophe," blared the headline, atop a posed...

20:50 Feb-19-03, 17 Adar 5763 DM Mofaz: Gaza Operation Aimed At Hamas(IsraelNN.com) Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz announced the ongoing IDF and GSS (General Security Service – Shin/Bet) activities in Gaza would continue as part of the war against the Hamas terror organization. Responding to questions regarding this afternoon's rocket attacks into S'derot, Mofaz stated everything possible is being done to protect residents of southern areas and bring a halt to the attacks. 22:04 Feb-19-03, 17 Adar 5763 PA Calling For UN Intervention Regarding Incursion Into Gaza(IsraelNN.com) PA officials are turning to the United Nations to condemn Israel's military incursion into...