August 2018

DePaul University Places Emphasis of Strategic Plan on Diversity

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 07, 2018 0 Comments

“ensure a welcoming, engaging, diverse, and inclusive campus environment”...

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Trump Imposes ‘Biting Sanctions’ on Iran as Regime Faces More Protests

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 07, 2018 10 Comments

President Donald Trump tweeted this morning that his administration has imposed "biting sanctions" against Iran as the regime continues to face protests from fed-up citizens.

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New Study Finds Law Schools Are Biased Against Conservatives

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 07, 2018 6 Comments

“Groupthink among a law school’s professors could be magnified with law students who share the same world view"...

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Children Raised by Islamist Families Pose ‘Threat’ to Germany, Intel Chief Warns

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on August 07, 2018 10 Comments

Children growing up in Islamist families in Germany pose a serious threat, warned Hans-Georg Maassen, the head of the German domestic intelligence agency (BfV), on Monday. He described the ongoing "jihadist socialization" of children as alarming and that the situation presented a significant challenge to the authorities.

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Feminist Prof Decries ‘Hegemonic Masculinity’ of Homeless Men

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 07, 2018 4 Comments

"interviewed 27 homeless men and spent and additional 296 hours spying on them in homeless shelters"...

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Branco Cartoon – Unfit to Print

Posted by A.F. Branco on August 07, 2018 15 Comments

Can't handle the truth...

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Leading Syrian chemical weapons and missile scientist assassinated

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 06, 2018 24 Comments

Dr. Aziz Asbar (Azbar) was assassinated in Hama, Syria, when his car exploded. Dr. Asbar was no simple Dr., as The Jerusalem Post reports:

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Ted Cruz TV Ads Charge Beto With Extremism and Revisit Cruz’s Role in Harvey Recovery

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on August 06, 2018 13 Comments

With a little more than 3 months to go, Ted Cruz's campaign is finally running TV ads in the Lone Star State. The only ad his campaign published on their YouTube channel is an ad reminding East Texas voters of Cruz's role in post-Harvey recovery.

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Sarah Jeong Wikipedia Page Undergoes Ethnic Cleansing

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on August 06, 2018 28 Comments

Long-time Legal Insurrection readers will recall the controversy over the ever-changing Elizabeth Warren Wikipedia page.  Here's an overview from 2013:  Elizabeth Warren Wikipedia page ethnically cleansed (Update — partial restoration). In the wake of the controversial and hypocritical decision of the New York Times to keep Sarah Jeong despite her racist tweets, the same sort of cleansing of Jeong's Wikipedia page is underway.

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That San Francisco Straw Ordinance Also Bans Plastic Cocktail Sticks

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on August 06, 2018 48 Comments

Ah, California, land of the dumbest laws in the country. The internet has spent the last few weeks mercilessly mocking San Francisco's plastic straw ban. The city ordinance carries hefty fines and even jail time for violators.

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Armed Citizen Stopped Shooter at Florida Back-to-School Event

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 06, 2018 29 Comments

We won't see this plastered all over the MSM, will we? An armed citizen stopped a gunman at a back-to-school event in Titusville, FL. Officials admitted it could have been a lot worse.

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Employee Suing U. Georgia for Declining to Pay for Gender Transition Surgery

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 06, 2018 4 Comments

"alleges that this amounts to discrimination by the university"...

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Twitter suspended Candace Owens after she tested how Twitter would react to Sarah Jeong tweets if targeting Jews and Blacks, instead of Whites

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 06, 2018 28 Comments

Conservative commentator Candace Owens, a black woman, wanted to make a point on Twitter and boy did she ever. The New York Times new editorial board member Sarah Jeong has dominated the news cycle these past few days due to her old racist tweets against white people. The left has defended her because, after all, white people cannot experience racism. Duh. Owens decided to expose the double standard by changing Jeong's tweets. Instead of white, she used Jewish and black. Twitter immediately suspended her account for 12 hours.

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Stanford Student Who Said He Wanted to Fight Zionists Resigns from RA Position

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 06, 2018 8 Comments

“A sloppy comment"...

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EPA: Maybe adding ethanol to gasoline wasn’t smart after all!

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 06, 2018 61 Comments

A hot, new report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicates that requiring ethanol made from corn and soybeans to be added to gasoline in the name of "environmental protection" is doing more harm than good.

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Elizabeth Warren Calls Criminal Justice System ‘Racist’ During Talk at University

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 06, 2018 4 Comments

"latest sign of Warren's effort to forge ties beyond her largely white political base"...

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Branco Cartoon – Accosted

Posted by A.F. Branco on August 06, 2018 9 Comments

Freedom to Impress Oneself...

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RI Senate Race could be the big surprise of 2018

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 05, 2018 21 Comments

The Rhode Island Senate race between incumbent Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse and Republican challenger Robert Flanders is not on anyone's radar as competitive. It should be.

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