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Argument of Girls Sports "Trans" Cases at SCOTUS was "Otherworldly"

Hawley Stumps Doctor With Simple Question: 'Can Men Get Pregnant?'

Mamdani Housing Czar: ‘White, Middle-Class Homeowners are a Huge Problem’

Seems like a case of Oprah upset at not being recognized as Oprah so … racist!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2013 90 Comments

Having absurdly compared the George Zimmerman self-defense against a violent attack by Trayvon Martin to the murder of Emmett Till, Oprah Winfrey has decided to call a store clerk in Switzerland racist for refusing to show Oprah a $38,000 pocketbook. Via The Daily News, Oprah Winfrey's...

When you hear crazy Rick Santorum shower jokes in 2016

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2013 5 Comments

make sure you have this Twitchy article bookmarked, More Huffpo malfeasance: Byron York forces ‘update’ on Santorum gym shower comments The short version is that Rick Santorum made a comment about a conservative student group being denied locker room / shower facilities at a YMCA because of their politics, which...

(Why am I covering the) Obama Press Conference LIVE

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2013 28 Comments

Obama is holding a press conference at 3 p.m. Eastern today before he leave on an extended vacation. Expectations are low. He is expected to announce new NSA oversight measures. [press conference over - video embed removed] [Twitter feed removed] Obama prepared remarks on his intelligence community reforms are here. Some reactions: https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/365912473955598336 https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/365912496336416768 https://twitter.com/charliespiering/status/365913857752969218

German homeschooling family closer to deportation

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2013 31 Comments

In February and March we focused on the Romeike homeschooling deportation case, DOJ seeks deportation of family persecuted in Germany for homeschooling: The Romeikes are devout Christians from Germany who wanted to homeschool their children because of what they perceived as the secularist agenda in German...

Tom Cotton asked

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2013 0 Comments

Tom Cotton, running for Senate to unseat Mark Pryor in Arkansas, held a blogger telephone conference today. I sat in on it, breaking my usual policy of sitting in a hermetically sealed room with the drapes drawn and the lights out avoiding all human contact. All someone...

CU Boulder Prof Calls U.S. a 'Fascist Authoritarian Regime' in Newsletter

U. Arkansas Rescinds Offer to Law School Dean Over Advocacy for Transgender Athletes

Indiana Lawmakers Cutting Funds From Some Public Colleges, Redirecting to Trade Schools

Report Claims ‘Feminist Collective’ Took Over Political Science Journal and Prioritized DEI

Colorado Sees Big Drop in Public School Enrollment as More Parents Choose Homeschooling

Northwestern U. LGBT Community Freaks Out Over Obscure Flag Painted on a Rock

The Savage of Sbarro

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2013 19 Comments

On this date in 2001, Hamas bombed the Sbarro Pizza restaurant in Jerusalem. 15 people were killed, including 7 children. The bombing was celebrated as a great victory for Palestinians, including by Palestinian university students. Ahlam Tamimi, the women who led the suicide bomber to the location, was...

The best customer service experience of my life

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2013 15 Comments

Dear Roger Ailes -- Here's what you need to do...

Belligerent Design

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2013 39 Comments

From Foxfier: at a family gathering in central Oregon I noticed this car parked at our hotel and couldn’t believe the walking cliche; while I snapped a couple of pictures, a man walked up and said “hey, at least let me wash it before you take...

MAD About Him

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 08, 2013 14 Comments

Some good stuff in the Tip Line (which is more of a reader open forum than just for "tips"). H/t to JCClarke for the link I used in this tweet today: https://twitter.com/LegInsurrection/status/365561974257508352 And this tip from Bruno Lesky shows how the fight against progressive propaganda is taking...

Email service reportedly used by Edward Snowden abruptly shuts down

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 08, 2013 27 Comments

Well, this was a bit of mysterious news today. Apparently, the owner of Lavabit - the same email service reportedly used by NSA leaker Edward Snowden to contact human rights groups last month - has decided to shut down its operations in order to avoid...

Hillary will run for President, but only if the People demand it!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 08, 2013 44 Comments

That seems to be how this thing is going to develop. Private citizen Hillary is just going about her private business, helping establish the pantsuit as cultural icon and just chilling. The rebranding thing is really hard work. All the while, hapless fall-guy John Kerry travels the...

Obligatory: Shake Up At Fox News (Reader Poll on new line up)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 08, 2013 35 Comments

Obligatory. Sweeping the internets, based on Drudge exclusive, not yet confirmed by Fox News: If true, it would mark a shift away from opinion coverage as we approach 2014-2016. If, that is, Hannity is out. https://twitter.com/LegInsurrection/status/365538102619549696 This doesn't exhaust all the possibilities, but includes the ones that came to...

Judge refuses to let Hasan lawyers drop out of case

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 08, 2013 12 Comments

The Fort Hood shooting trial resumed Thursday after the judge refused to grant a request from Nidal Hasan's standby defense attorneys to drop out of the case. The attorneys argued Wednesday that Hasan’s strategy in court thus far has demonstrated that the defendant – who...

Pallywood on the Nile

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 08, 2013 9 Comments

The pro-Morsi protest that almost was: With an iron will, the People of Egypt will stand up to the military junta. Here, you troops, here is your Zionist-loving tear gas canister back at you! Our women! Look what they did to our women! Oh Lord, we will not...