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Cornell's 'Charlottesville Moment' - Chants for 'Intifada' Reflect Anti-Israel 'Death Cult Ideology'

University Presidents "have participated in the creation of a monstrous movement on campuses that uses targeting of Jews and Israel as an organizing mechanism"

Arrested Emory U. Prof. No Victim Despite Leftist Outrage, Admitted She Hit Cop While He Was Subduing Another Rioter

Tuesday: one of the busiest election days of 2012

Posted by Anne Segal on May 07, 2012 10 Comments

Ballotpedia, the "interactive almanac of state politics," has an excellent run-down of Tuesday's elections across the country. While we've already reported to you on what's at stake in Wisconsin and Mourdock's challenge to Lugar, there are other key elections in Indiana, North Carolina, and West Virginia to...

French foreign policy under Hollande a toss-up

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on May 07, 2012 23 Comments

Following Francois Hollande’s handling of Nicolas Sarkozy in last week’s Presidential election, a number of pressing uncertainties are making their way into the minds of people around the world. The issue attracting the most global media attention is the significance of France electing it’s first...

Republicans need to vote for Walker tomorrow to avoid nasty surprise

Posted by Anne Segal on May 07, 2012 12 Comments

While the Democrats battle extremes within their party in tomorrow's recall primary in Wisconsin, Governor Scott Walker faces his own challenge in the Republican primary. Arthur Kohl-Riggs, a 23-year-old self-described "progressive Republican" who dresses like Abraham Lincoln and frequently appears at rallies around the state, is...

Brought back bad memories

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 07, 2012 12 Comments

As you know, since some of you sought a coup d'insurrection, I was traveling all weekend and this morning without access to a computer. Fortunately, Anne guarded the wall all weekend (thanks!) and the State of the Insurrection is sound. Being computerless, but not internetless, brought...

Dick Lugar jumps the social security scare tactic shark

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 07, 2012 17 Comments

Dick Lugar has jumped the shark with this ad he just released, via The Weekly Standard: With this ad, Dick Lugar deserves to be remembered as a dishonorable politician who would stoop to anything to get reelected. I hope Indiana voters tell him not to let the door hit...

Editors of Columbia Law Review Urge School to Cancel Exams Due to Trauma of Having Police on Campus

Writer Claims Cornell is Biased Against Students in Fraternities While Indulging Left Wing Students

American Academia Increasingly Hostile to Israeli Scholars

Man at George Washington U. Protest Calls Rep. Byron Donalds 'Race Traitor' and 'Uncle Tom' (UPDATE)

Washington University in St. Louis Faculty Placed on Leave After Allegedly Assisting Anti-Israel Encampment

U. Utah Women's Week Includes 'Stitch & B*tch: Let's B*tch About White Feminism' Session

Wisconsin Primary Tuesday to decide Scott Walker opponent

Posted by Anne Segal on May 07, 2012 9 Comments

This Tuesday, democrats in Wisconsin will cast their votes to determine who will be the democratic challenger to Republican Governor Scott Walker in the upcoming June recall election. The democratic candidates, Kathleen Falk and Tom Barrett, display two ends of the Democratic party. Falk, the far-left...

Weekend Roundup

Posted by Anne Segal on May 07, 2012 3 Comments

In case you missed the weekend I locked out the Professor from his own blog, here are some highlights: Yet another Obama campaign hashtag attempt: #Readytogo No longer feeling sorry for Dick Lugar Heartland Institute unveils marketing campaign on global warming Berkshire Hathway's Munger: civilized people don't buy gold France...

The illusion of choice

Posted by Anne Segal on May 07, 2012 31 Comments

A graphic entitled "The Illusion of Choice" has been circulating among those keen to expose the interconnectedness of many of the brands available to consumers: "Interconnectedness" might be a nice way of putting it, for some. That's because this graphic plays into the misplaced alarm that has...

Hey brother, can you spare a bumper sticker?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 07, 2012 3 Comments

We have seen this phenomenon before in Obamaville. From Linda in Tennessee, who writes: Obamanomics =hard times. Note the "hardware store" "12" pasted over the '08. ...

James O’Keefe subpoenaed by NH Attorney General

Posted by Anne Segal on May 06, 2012 50 Comments

Twitchy.com reports that James O'Keefe has been subpoenaed by the New Hampshire Attorney General in connection with his New Hampshire voter-fraud investigation. James O'Keefe tweeted early Sunday evening that New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney "attempted to serve a criminal grand jury subpoena on me at event...

No longer feeling sorry for Dick Lugar

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2012 24 Comments

I've been traveling without a computer this weekend but this story at IndyStar is worth a PDA post, so excuse some formatting issues like no embedded links. The inclination I've had to feel sorry for Dick Lugar that his career may reach an inglorious end is...

France chooses socialism over Sarkozy

Posted by Anne Segal on May 06, 2012 27 Comments

Today challenger Francois Hollande unseated incumbent French President Nicolas Sarkozy with 52 percent of the vote, in doing so becoming the second Socialist president in France's history. Sarkozy, who conceded defeat late Sunday, thanked the French people for his five years as leader of the country, adding: From...

Berkshire Hathaway’s Munger: “Civilized people don’t buy gold”

Posted by Anne Segal on May 06, 2012 28 Comments

This Friday Charles Munger of Berkshire Hathaway addressed the growing interest by Americans in investing in gold. Munger, Warren Buffett's "right-hand man," and the vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway made his comments on CNBC: Gold is a great thing to sew into your garments if you’re...

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed arraigned Saturday

Posted by Anne Segal on May 06, 2012 18 Comments

Yesterday, 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) was arraigned at Gitmo along with his four co-conspirators. The team at This Ain't Hell was there, in person, and liveblogged the entire trial beginning with this photo taken from the parking lot full of media: This Ain't Hell reports...

Yet another Obama campaign hashtag attempt: #readytogo

Posted by Anne Segal on May 06, 2012 32 Comments

At the risk of beating a dead horse, I'm letting you know that the Obama campaign has unveiled yet another hashtag: #readytogo. Now they're just making it too easy. The campaign, which officially kicked off Saturday in Ohio, even got some some college students (a la 2008)...

The Big Hopey

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2012 4 Comments

Another one from Bill on his trip to New Orleans. The sticker is from ProjectGoPink (Facebook), a Republican woman's group: ...

Saturday Night Card Game (Playing the race card in defense of Elizabeth Warren is a vice)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 05, 2012 41 Comments

Elizabeth Warren and her campaign have been pushing the sexism-card very hard to try to deflect the dialogue about her self-identification as Native American, as status which has not been proven even to the 1/32nd degree. I mentioned yesterday how a law professor at Syracuse University...