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The Littlest Member of the LI Family Turns 2

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on September 30, 2018 37 Comments

It's been two years since our littlest love, the first LI baby, joined us in this big, bad, beautiful world.

Elizabeth Warren finally admits she’s focused on 2020 presidential run

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on September 30, 2018 51 Comments

Okay, I have to admit that I am totally proud of the prof right now. Though I never really doubted his premise, his insistence, that Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) was intent on running for president in 2020, I did have doubts about how she could possibly believe she could pull it off.

Maxine Waters Angrily Denies Allegation Someone in Her Office Doxxed GOP Senators

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 30, 2018 34 Comments

During the testimony by Dr. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh this week, someone doxxed three Republican senators by adding their home addresses and private phone numbers to Wikipedia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l4kr36TzQ4

The science is settled: Pluto should be given back its “planet” status

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 30, 2018 42 Comments

Perhaps after "climate change," the biggest scientific controversy in recent times centered on the status of Pluto within our solar system. The astronomical body was demoted 12 years ago after a group of elite scientists decided to apply new rules to define "planets".

Report: Flake wasn’t pressured, he masterminded the Kavanaugh delay

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on September 30, 2018 94 Comments

According to a report published by Politico, Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) chose to appear pressured when, in fact, he masterminded the latest Kavanaugh delay. His subsequent media statements about his motivations and his media appearances in light of this report suggest Flake's true motivations are far less pure than he would have us believe. Flake's focus on optics, on his raw ambition (for 2020?), and on the kind of "swamp creature" political maneuvering surrounding this planned reversal paints for the American people a hideous and disturbing portrait of the Arizona senator.

Gender Studies Institute at Stanford Hosting Far-Left Journalist to Discuss Conservative ‘Bigotry’

Study Claims SAT Reading Section is ‘Less Demanding’ Than in Past Decades

Connecticut Teacher Escorted Out of School for Refusing to Remove Crucifix From Classroom

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

Marc Randazza: If the #MeToo pendulum swings too far, it may hit someone innocent

Posted by on September 30, 2018 52 Comments

I know women who have been sexually assaulted and who have not gotten justice. All I have is their side of the story, and that has been enough for me to believe them -- because I know them, and I know their character, and thus I believe them -- without any reservation at all.

Kavanaugh-mageddon Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 30, 2018 14 Comments

All the news you may have missed....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex323Hx5lbQ

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse referred Kavanaugh false accuser to reporter at same time notified FBI and Judiciary Committee

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 29, 2018 53 Comments

Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has been one of the most aggressive interrogators of Brett Kavanaugh. That interrogation focused on Kavanaugh's high school yearbook entries, earning Whitehouse national mockery over a fart joke entry.

Anti-Semitic campaign to blame Jews and Israel for U.S. police practices towards minorities shifts into overdrive

Posted by Miriam Elman on September 29, 2018 21 Comments

The virulently anti-Jewish and anti-peace extremist organization Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) has partnered with the organization Researching the American-Israeli Alliance (RAIA) on several new projects for its undeniably antisemitic “Deadly Exchange” campaign which, based solely on spurious accusations, singles out U.S. police department trainings in Israel for prohibition.

Trump calls on FBI to find out who leaked Christine Ford’s letter: “Was it Sen. Feinstein?”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 29, 2018 34 Comments

Someone leaked Christine Blasey Ford's letter to Dianne Feinstein to the media, setting off the current firestorm surrounding Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation. Kavanaugh has denied the accusation of assault set forth in the letter, and vigorously defended himself at the hearings. Each of the people Ford has identified as being present during the party in question has denied being at such party.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYbC_9vjFro

What motives drive false accusers?

Posted by New Neo on September 29, 2018 59 Comments

The answer to the question in the title might seem obvious, but I think it's more complicated than most people might think. Let's leave out accusers who are telling the truth. I'm interested in the ones who are not. They can have multiple motives; any of these can be combined. This list is not all-inclusive, but here are the major ones:

Pilot Safely Ejects When F-35 Fighter Jet Crashes in South Carolina

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 29, 2018 15 Comments

A rare incident occurred on Friday, when a U.S. Military F-35 fighter jet crashed in South Carolina. The pilot, who was the only occupant of the craft, successfully ejected before impact.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3ywgPmG898

Trump completes first trade deal with new agreement with South Korea

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 29, 2018 12 Comments

Fresh off his visit to North Korea and ahead of the United Nations General Assembly meeting, South Korean President Moon Jae-in signed a free-trade agreement with the United States, marking the first time the President Donald Trump has finalized a major trade deal since entering office.

Mark Judge denies gang rape party accusations as “bizarre” and “outlandish”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on September 29, 2018 117 Comments

[Edit: FS] We will be updating this thread throughout the day. Mark Judge has denied the allegations made by Julie Swetnick, the latest client of porn lawyer Michael Avenatti. Swetnick alleges that Brett Kavanaugh and Mark Judge were present at parties in the 1980's when girls were drugged and raped by multiple high school boys.

https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/bloody-details-emerge-alleged-murder-inside-reynolds-lake-oconee/4jrhUyviaBfv8XXZhONWpN/

Several Strategies for the Aftermath of Self-Defense

Posted by Andrew Branca on September 29, 2018 21 Comments

This “Case of the Week” involves a shooting death in Oconee County, GA one that on the surface has the trappings of self-defense. The purported defender promptly shredded those trappings from the first moment he spoke with law enforcement. In other words, this is a classic example of how not to interact with police in the aftermath of a use-of-force event.

Erasing History Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 29, 2018 0 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

Weak Republicans deprived us of a victory, even if Kavanaugh eventually is confirmed

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 28, 2018 213 Comments

Jeff Flake is getting the blame for the further delay in the Senate confirmation floor vote for Brett Kavanaugh. After announcing he would vote in favor of Kavanaugh at the Judiciary Committee, without any conditions, Flake was pulled aside in the Senate hearing anteroom and aggressively lobbied by Democrats. It was an unusual scene, with Chuck Grassley and other Republican Senators waiting for Flake to emerge so that a vote could be taken.