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Harris Once Again Struggles With Basic Economic Questions

'Important Truth': Hillary Defends Calling Trump Supporters 'Deplorables'

U. Arkansas-Walmart Joint BIPOC-Only Mentor Program Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Psychology of an Internet Troll

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2013 18 Comments

Another reader submitted infographic, called Psychology of an Internet Troll. It's too large to post in its entirety, but here are a couple of screen shots which explain a lot: They say not to feed the trolls. But we knew that. ...

He still cannot tell a lie

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2013 9 Comments

And who's Ted? Even bucolic, very liberal, Cooperstown, NY isn't safe from the nefarious anti-Obama bumper sticker. I particularly like poor old George Washington. Can you see him? WTF, indeed. You follow me on twitter, @InpatientMed , an increasingly inpatient physician. Thanks for bringing a little sanity to my...

Saturday Night Card Game (MSNBC not subject to its own language tyranny)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2013 20 Comments

The video below correctly was termed "cringe-worthy" by Noah Rothman at Mediaite. The cringe-worthy part starts around the 2:30 mark when Melissa Harris-Perry asks the panel for their best race jokes. (An edited down version is at Newsbusters if you don't want to sit through it all.) Stop...

Saturday afternoon open

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2013 17 Comments

Slow news day, huh?...

The vast right left-wing conspiracy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2013 53 Comments

For all the trees that have been killed and pixels burned by the mainstream media complaining about the Koch brothers and the vast right-wing conspiracy, the bad news is that the vast left-wing conspiracy is much more effective. Diarest LaborUnionReport at RedState reports on the vast...

Report Suggests 'Faculty for Justice in Palestine' has Crucial Role in Rise of Campus Antisemitism

Cornell First-Year Enrollment of Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans Drops Following Affirmative Action Ban

Law Professors Lead the Assault on the United States Constitution

Wesleyan U. Rejects Demands From Student Activists to Divest From Israel

Leaders in Frederick, Maryland, Approve Voting by Non-Citizens in Local Elections

Judge Dismisses Prof's Lawsuit Against Community College in California Over DEI Policies

San Diego Sheriff’s spokeswoman stereotypes bloggers as “800-pound disabled man that can’t get out of bed and be a journalist”

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 23, 2013 39 Comments

... who sits "with your Apple laptop and your fuzzy slippers"...

Mahatma Gundhi Week at College Insurrection

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2013 9 Comments

What would Mahatma say about college campuses today? From my cold, dead hands: Cornell Student: Gandhi Championed Right to Bear Arms Stanford Student: Colleges Should Allow Concealed Carry U. Iowa Discloses Private Info of Students Who Apply for Gun Permits U. Colorado Removes Crazy List of Tips for Women Facing...

barb’s car

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2013 4 Comments

From Linda, Costco parking lot, Franklin , TN ...

Friday Night Open

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2013 20 Comments

I'm going to torture you now. Because I can. (I left autorun off because I have some small level of mercy.) Update: Woodward basically calls Obama a liar who moved goal posts washingtonpost.com/opinions/bob-w…— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) February 23, 2013 ...

Purim in Tel Aviv before the War

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2013 10 Comments

Purim starts Saturday night. Israel Matzav posted this great movie of Purim in Tel Aviv in 1932-34: The Book of Esther is particularly appropriate now....

Coulter on Stossel shows foolishness of Fordham’s cancellation

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2013 29 Comments

Ann Coulter appeared on the John Stossel show, and the video is getting a lot of attention. There was a vigorous back and forth on a variety of issues. The students in the audience were libertarian, sharing many of the social values of modern liberals without...

Banking Analyst: “Elizabeth Warren’s Preposterous Grandstanding”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2013 32 Comments

Thomas K. Brown, a banking industry analyst and investor, writing at BankStocks.com, makes a point similar to what I made in my post, Elizabeth Warren’s heroic Senate demagoguery, that Warren's Banking Committee YouTube performance was pure political grandstanding without substance or legitimate regulatory purpose. As with her...

Update: Hating Breitbart returns in May 17 dvd release, screening in NYC confirmed

Posted by Anne Segal on February 22, 2013 3 Comments

There is good news for those of you who were unable to see Andrew Marcus's excellent Hating Breitbart documentary, released late last year. It has just been announced that the movie will be released in theaters and on DVD and video-on-demand on May 17. After I...

Mideast Media Sampler 02/22/2013

Posted by David Gerstman on February 22, 2013 7 Comments

WAJ Note -- As mentioned yesterday, David produces an almost daily Mideast Media Sampler newsletter, which we will be running at LI. It is a great way to keep up with media reports about the Middle East. --------- 1) One last Hagel post In the Hagel Pinata, Marc Ambinder...

It’s impossible to guess where The New York Times now finds racism

Posted by Joel Engel on February 22, 2013 43 Comments

Wow. Just...

How I stopped worrying and learned to love the sequester

Posted by David Gerstman on February 22, 2013 11 Comments

A recent Washington Post editorial, The blame game over sequestration concludes: Meanwhile, Mr. Obama seems content to warn of dire cutbacks in everything from naval operations to firefighters and to accuse the GOP of risking them to protect the wealthy. The Republicans denounce the sequester as Mr. Obama’s brainchild (though...

Quoting Rick Perry

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2013 5 Comments

From Ben: On the left coast this little cultural tit for tat has been developing for a couple years. First there was So Cal. Meaning Southern California. As in, that's So Cal. Then Nor Cal for Northern. And now we have No Cal with the the state of...