Posted by William A. Jacobson
on April 02, 201323 Comments
Piers Morgan has had some epic gun control rants.
It resulted in aggressive push back from people like Dana Loesch.
Now James O'Keefe is on it:
Hey, @piersmorgan, can you please explain these signs on your Beverly Hills property? twitpic.com/cghoe4
— James O'Keefe(@JamesOKeefeIII) April 2, 2013
Via National Review (h/t...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on April 02, 201333 Comments
There has been a political push to remove words like "illegal alien" or "illegal immigrant" from usage as part of political messaging by amnesty/open borders advocates.
The preferred term is "undocumented," as if it's just a question of paperwork. Once the language is redefined, it becomes a much easier sell to treat the breaking of our immigration laws as just a formality.
Not only that, "illegal alien" supposedly is racist, as if illegal alien were a race, as I posted in What race is an illegal alien?
This is all a charade. It’s the typical Color of Change race card shakedown.
The advocates of eliminating the term “illegal” want to alter immigration policies. They can’t win on the merits of open borders, so they smear others as racist.
It’s just a dishonest word game using false accusations of racism as a political lever.
Back to the subversive question: What race is an illegal alien?
Today a major victory was achieved for those seeking political control of the language as AP removed the term "illegal immigrant" from its style book, ‘Illegal immigrant’ no more:
The Stylebook no longer sanctions the term “illegal immigrant” or the use of “illegal” to describe a person. Instead, it tells users that “illegal” should describe only an action, such as living in or immigrating to a country illegally.
AP has no term to replace "illegal immigrant." Instead of the accurate term, we're going to get explanations:
illegal immigration Entering or residing in a country in violation of civil or criminal law. Except in direct quotes essential to the story, use illegal only to refer to an action, not a person: illegal immigration, but not illegal immigrant. Acceptable variations include living in or entering a country illegally or without legal permission.
Except in direct quotations, do not use the terms illegal alien, an illegal, illegals or undocumented.
Do not describe people as violating immigration laws without attribution.
Specify wherever possible how someone entered the country illegally and from where. Crossed the border? Overstayed a visa? What nationality?
People who were brought into the country as children should not be described as having immigrated illegally. For people granted a temporary right to remain in the U.S. under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, use temporary resident status, with details on the program lower in the story.
This is just another step towards linguistically enforced progressive politics.
With what is AP replacing "illegal immigrant"?
— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) April 2, 2013
The full footage of the attack by Chicago Teachers Union officials against journalist Rebel Pundit during last week's protest against school closings has been released today by EAG News. Two teachers union officials were arrested for battery during the so-called "nonviolent" protest.
The video footage shows...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on April 02, 201314 Comments
Apparently an actual statement by someone who wants to design our economy.
H/t to Kathleen:
Here's the link, and the full quote:
The growth of the Internet will slow drastically, as the flaw in "Metcalfe's law"--which states that the number of potential connections in a network is proportional...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on April 02, 201325 Comments
The policy here has been that the children of politicians are off limits to criticism, even when they do stuff that otherwise might be newsworthy.
That policy has been invoked as to the Obama children, consistent with our criticism of the left's despicable and vile attacks...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on April 02, 201317 Comments
From Steve,
at least you know where this person stands on gun control bumper stickers
I took this photo in my church parking lot Easter Sunday morning (!)
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Last week at a Chicago Teachers Union protest against school closings, we saw the contrast between the frustrated parents and the Lisa-Fithian-trained Teachers Union operatives who faked being handcuffed during their prearranged arrest stunt.
Now a preview of soon-to-be-released footage from the protest reveals another aspect...
Former Republican North Carolina State Senator David Rouzer, who narrowly lost to Mike McIntyre (D-NC) after a recount in 2012, has announced he will run again in 2014. Rouzer lost by just 654 votes in a race where 337,000 ballots were cast.
McIntyre, who has been...
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It appears that, for the time being, plagiarism can still get you fired, as in the case of former University of Colorado Professor Ward Churchill. The Supreme Court today rejected Ward Churchill's appeal without comment, leading the University of Colorado to declare today a "victory for...
Posted by Leslie Eastman
on April 01, 201330 Comments
An important premise of "The American Dream" is that a college education guarantees a successful career.
However, that dream is slipping away -- unless being a coffee shop barista is the job goal. Ben Casselman of the Wall Street Journal takes a look at a recent...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on April 01, 20139 Comments
Saw this on Twitter.
From Meredith Jessup of The Blaze:
Lego to Pull 'Anti-Islamic' Star Wars Toy Set Following Muslim Furor ow.ly/2vRBWG— Meredith Jessup (@MeredithJessup) April 1, 2013
Surely she jests?
MT @meredithjessup "Lego to Pull 'Anti-Islamic' Star Wars Toy Set" -- apparently NOT an April Fools joke— Legal...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on April 01, 201317 Comments
From Joseph:
I spotted these two bumper stickers on the back of a Dodge Ram in Jacksonville, Florida.
I hate to tell the guy but his vehicle was probably made in Mexico because Democrat social engineering destroyed Detroit.
Yup, pretty good chance that Unicorn was assembled at the...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on March 31, 201312 Comments
State auditor: California's net worth at negative $127.2 billion (h/t @patrickmcgleason):
Were California's state government a business, it would be a candidate for insolvency with a negative net worth of $127.2 billion, according to an annual financial report issued by State Auditor Elaine Howle and the Bureau...
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