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Tim Walz's Discriminatory Minnesota Teachers Of Color Scholarship Challenged By Equal Protection Project

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Senate expanded background check law does not pass

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 17, 2013 40 Comments

The vote took place on a vote to close debate. BREAKING: Bill to expand background checks for gun purchases is defeated in the Senate.— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 17, 2013 Toomey-Manchin Fails on Cloture Vote, 54-46; Four Democrats Vote for Filibuster bit.ly/17pjCi1— AoSHQ (@AoSHQ) April 17, 2013 Fundraising...

Breaking — Arrest in #BostonMarathon bombing? (Update: Networks backtrack)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 17, 2013 9 Comments

Various news reports of an arrest in the Boston Marathon Bombing, or an impending arrest. Remember, early reports the day of the bombing were inaccurate -- so don't bank on it yet. Not sure if this amateur sleuthing was accurate or not. Worth rereading: Judge William Young...

You mean the media didn’t want to report about aborted babies stuck in toilets and plumbing?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 17, 2013 11 Comments

Marc Lamont Hill admits (to his credit) the obvious about the Gosnell news blackout...

“buy an airline ticket, apply for a student visa, and come now”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 17, 2013 26 Comments

The 844-page Immigration Reform bill was dropped on the public late yesterday. There will be a rush to a vote as on just about every other legislative behemoth in the past four years. David Frum, so far, is one of the clearer heads on the immigration charade known as...

Wife of suspect in Texas prosecutor killings arrested

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 17, 2013 4 Comments

Despite widespread speculation that "white supremacists" were behind the killings of two prosecutors in Texas (and the wife of one of the prosecutors), it turned out that a disgruntled Texas Justice of the Peace was behind the murders. As in the Newtown and Boston Marathon...

U. North Carolina System Cutting Millions of Dollars and Multiple Positions From DEI Programs

AAUP's Embrace of Israel Boycotts Turning 'Academic Guardians to Political Operatives'

Crucifix and Virgin Mary Statue Vandalized at Georgetown University

Anti-Israel Students and Prof Sue UC-Santa Cruz Over Being Banned From Campus

Anti-Israel Activists March at Harvard Saying 'Long Live the Intifada'

Christian Seminary in California Hosts Workshops on ‘Queering the Vote’

Mideast Media Sampler – 04/17/2013 – Pressure Cookers and False History

Posted by David Gerstman on April 17, 2013 7 Comments

1) We wouldn't want anyone to get the wrong idea Yesterday Max Fisher wrote, Knowledge of pressure-cooker bombs is not limited to readers of al-Qaeda’s ‘Inspire’ magazine: And “Inspire” was far from the first extremist publication to distribute instructions for making pressure-cooker bombs. Yair Rosenberg of Tablet...

Margaret Thatcher funeral

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 17, 2013 3 Comments

Took place today in London. Despite calls for protests, there was little disruption. Via The Telegraph: ...

Lü Lingzi, Chinese grad student killed in #BostonMarathon bombing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 17, 2013 4 Comments

The third person killed in the bombing of the Boston Marathon has been identified. Via Riehl World News: The third person killed in the Boston Marathon bombings is a 23-year-old Chinese graduate student at Boston University who came to the U.S. because it was her dream to...

Tread less

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 17, 2013 1 Comment

From Linda: Parking lot, academy Sports, Smyrna TN ...

Salon.com ghoulishly race baits #BostonMarathon bombing with “white privilege” rant

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 16, 2013 25 Comments

I'm not going to link to it. It's just more David Sirota link bait. Forcing a rant about "white privilege" and white men into any situation, no matter how ridiculous, has become his schtick. He did it for the Newtown shooting: And now he's doing it for the Boston...

Letter sent to Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) tests positive for Ricin

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 16, 2013 7 Comments

Via CNN and television reports: An envelope that tested positive for the deadly poison ricin was intercepted Tuesday afternoon at the U.S. Capitol's off-site mail facility in Washington, congressional and law enforcement sources tell CNN. After the envelope tested positive in a first routine test, it was...

At Boston Marathon as in Newtown, initial media reports almost entirely wrong

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 16, 2013 18 Comments

Almost every initial media account of the Newtown shooting ended up being wrong, except for the fact that there was a shooting. The type of weapon used was wrong, as were reports that Mrs. Lanza worked at the school, that she had a dispute with the...

Branco Cartoon – Terror Street

Posted by A.F. Branco on April 16, 2013 6 Comments

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MSM attends #Gosnell trial, posing threat to pro-abortion narrative

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 16, 2013 19 Comments

The media apparently was in full attendance at the Kermit Gosnell trial starting yesterday. Professor Glenn Reynolds called it Breaking media silence: Now the story has gotten some coverage on CNN (Jake Tapper broke the silence first) and other networks, and while it'll never get the attention...

#BostonMarathon Bombing Updates

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 16, 2013 14 Comments

There has not been a lot learned since last night. At a press conference this morning almost nothing was learned, except that the investigators seem desperate for information and are calling on the public to turn in videos and photos. I'm embedding the Twitter feed at the bottom of the post, which is a good way to keep track during the day. CBS Boston Live Stream (Added) https://twitter.com/bfouhy/status/324220519882829824

Martin Richard: Boston Marathon bombings victim aged 8 was waiting to give father a hug at finish line bit.ly/14sKhP5
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) April 16, 2013

Some flowers left at a home in Dorchester where an 8 year old boy who was killed st Marathon, lived. #wbz twitter.com/radiobenparker…
— Ben Parker (@radiobenparker) April 16, 2013

Two brothers watching Boston Marathon together each lose a leg bit.ly/15hYkqd
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) April 16, 2013

Via Twitchy:

Couple just reunited. twitter.com/megansarahj/st…
— Megan Johnson (@megansarahj) April 15, 2013

Mideast Media Sampler – 04/16/2013 – PA plays Defense

Posted by David Gerstman on April 16, 2013 2 Comments

1) The PA's defense budget The Palestinian Authority regularly complains about its budget woes. Nitzana Darshan-Leitner writes that the largest portion of the PA's budget goes to defense: Recently, the Palestinian Authority publicly revealed its new budget. In approving the 2013 fiscal plan, the Palestinian leader Mahmoud...

Obama snubs Brits on Thatcher funeral

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 16, 2013 29 Comments

Who is surprised? President Obama's delegation to the funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is drawing some flak in London. Two former Republican Secretaries of State -- James Baker and George Shultz -- will lead the U.S. delegation to the Thatcher funeral on Wednesday. Some British...