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Reminder: Ahlam al-Tamimi, the Savage of Sbarro, is still free in Jordan

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 17, 2019 4 Comments

Ahlam al-Tamimi is back in the news again. Tamimi helped carry out the 2001 bombing of the Sbarro Pizzeria in Jerusalem. We have covered the bombing and Tamimi's role, many times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLr8EmgxAJY

Reuters reporter agreed to hold story of Beto teenage hacking group until after 2018 election

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on March 17, 2019 20 Comments

Apparently, Robert "Beto" O'Rourke was a member of a teenage hacking group called Cult of the Dead Cow. An intrepid Reuters reporter, who was researching a book at the time, tracked down and confirmed this story prior to the 2018 midterms, but agreed to hold it until after Texas voters headed to the polls to vote for their choice for Senate. In that race, O'Rourke lost to incumbent Senator Ted Cruz (R).

https://twitter.com/CalebJHull/status/1106246010727268353?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

Nancy Pelosi: “I myself have always been for lowering the voting age to 16”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on March 17, 2019 47 Comments

Last week, over 100 Democrats voted to lower the voting age to 16, and this week,House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said that she supports doing so because she thinks "it's really important to capture kids when they're in high school."

What’s in a Maiden Name?

Posted by Katya Sedgwick on March 17, 2019 21 Comments

It probably all started as a rhetorical question, but came off as passive-aggressive. A New York-based writer, Rebecca Serle, asked why women are still taking their husband's names.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUQtqnmwDt4

Neil deGrasse Tyson Returning to National Geographic Following Assault Investigation

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 17, 2019 16 Comments

The last time we reported on celebrity astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson, the National Geographic channel stopped airing episodes of his programs until a set of sexual assault charges were investigated.

TPUSA Members: UT Tyler Attack Reflects Growing Campus Hostility Toward Conservatives

UT Austin Funds Graduate Student Research on ‘Reproductive Justice’

Texas Tech Regents Eliminate Several Race, Gender Studies Courses

Ransomware Gang Claims Credit for Vanderbilt Cyberattack

Occidental College Hosts Transgender Event That Mocks Trump

Franklin & Marshall College Drops Plan to Adopt 'Gender Neutral' Mascot

2018 GA Gov Loser Stacey Abrams Open to 2020 Presidential Run

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 17, 2019 31 Comments

Stacey Abrams came up short in her race for governor of Georgia last fall, but that's not stopping her from considering a run for president in 2020. Why not? Everyone else is doing it.

https://www.foxnews.com/shows/tucker-carlson-tonight

Tucker Strikes Back Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 17, 2019 4 Comments

All the news you may have missed....

Some liberal women bitter that Beto is getting better media coverage than female candidates

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 16, 2019 25 Comments

This is going to be fun. Gail Collins at the NY Times seems to sum up the bitterness many liberal women seeing the glowing coverage Beto received when he announced his presidential campaign:

Activists accuse Chelsea Clinton of causing New Zealand massacre because she condemned Ilhan Omar’s anti-Semitism

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on March 16, 2019 22 Comments

Last month, Chelsea Clinton was among the many Democrats who condemned Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) for her anti-Semitic ravings. Yesterday, Chelsea was surrounded by a mob of NYU students who berated her for these comments and blamed her and her comments for the New Zealand mosque attack that left 49 dead and another 48 injured.

Jeb Bush: “I think someone should run” against Trump in GOP 2020 primaries

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on March 16, 2019 29 Comments

Former Florida governor and failed 2016 Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush told CNN's David Axelrod, a former Obama adviser, that a Republican should challenge President Trump for the 2020 GOP nomination for president.

Jeb's reasoning, apparently, is that only by running a GOP challenge to the sitting and duly-elected president can the GOP have a "conversation about what it is to be a conservative."

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=james+gunn+interview&&view=detail&mid=42B7F27580560656EFF642B7F27580560656EFF6&&FORM=VRDGAR

Disney Rehires Controversial Director James Gunn for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Posted by Tyler Hummel on March 16, 2019 8 Comments

In a surprising twist, James Gunn will be returning to helm the director's chair once again for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. James Gunn became infamous in July of last year as the result of dozens of rancid and offensive tweets in which Gunn made crude and unfunny jokes about rape and pedophilia. Within hours, Gunn had been fired from Disney.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQR5P_C2ElE

Woolly mammoth cells are revived in breakthrough experiment

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 16, 2019 29 Comments

Last fall, I reported that plans were being made to clone an extinct species of horse as well as saber-tooth tigers. Now comes news that Japanese scientists have awakened the cells of an extinct woolly mammoth as part of a long-term approach to resurrect that species.

Law of Self Defense: Man Shoots Home Intruder, Charged with Murder, Accepts Manslaughter

Posted by Andrew Branca on March 16, 2019 35 Comments

This Case of the Week is on an interesting defense of dwelling situation out of Louisiana that illustrates both that the legal risks for use of force are never zero, no matter how favorable the law appears to be to the defender, and also why a defender with the law on their side might nevertheless agree to plea to a felony conviction with a multi-year sentence.

Beto O’Rourke Open to Discussion About Packing the U.S. Supreme Court

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 16, 2019 33 Comments

During a campaign stop in Iowa this week, Beto O'Rourke responded positively to a question about packing the United States Supreme Court. It's a radical idea that has been mentioned in progressive circles for months now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btQ_l-S3T0c

Scam of the Century Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 16, 2019 6 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

https://twitter.com/IDFSpokesperson/status/989890075067547649

Nothing happened at Gaza border today, proving Hamas completely controls the ‘Great March of Return’

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 15, 2019 6 Comments

The so-called 'Great March of Return' was launched in late March 2018. Palestinian propagandists and western anti-Israel activists, amplified by the international media, routinely depict the 'protests' as a spontaneous civilian uprising caused by Israel's blockade of Gaza.

Germany to deport Palestinian terrorist Rasmea Odeh at urging of U.S. Ambassador Richard Grenell

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 15, 2019 20 Comments

When Rasmea Odeh was deported to Jordan by the U.S. government for immigration fraud in September 2017, it was uncertain whether we would hear from her again. Who is Rasmea Odeh?