Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion

'Intersectionality' - The Destructive Ideology Balkanizing the Country

Virginia Becomes Latest Blue State in Push to Bypass Electoral College

Iconic Leftist Hampshire College Permanently Closing at End of the Year

Healthcare.gov, a website designed by the mailing list obsessed

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

Is this really a surprise, considering who is in charge? Via AP, Questionable design blamed for health website woes: A decision by the Obama administration to require that consumers create online accounts before they can browse health overhaul insurance plans appears to have led to many of...

Mainstream Media as Iran’s PR Flacks

Posted by David Gerstman on October 09, 2013 2 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler 10/09/2013 - Hassan Rouhani's PR Firm...

Poking them in the eye

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2013 12 Comments

This group of Tea Party supporters in Ithaca decided to carry signs outside Republican Tom Reed's office, which must have felt like a poke in the eye to most Ithacans. Hey, poking Ithaca in the eye is my job! Ed writes: A couple of pictures of the Ithaca Tea...

Still city versus country

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2013 32 Comments

A few related thoughts. First: https://twitter.com/jtLOL/status/387344493512372224 Second: Watch MSNBC all day long and keep in mind that, for the vast majority of the reporters covering politics in Washington, MSNBC is the Gospel Truth. Realize that the ambitious younger journalists in the White House press corps dream of the day...

We’re from Obamacare, and we’re here to help

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 08, 2013 21 Comments

Obamacare website problems part lack of planning, part Obamacare itself....

Thousands of University of California Workers Threaten Statewide Strike

Progressive Rep. Ro Khanna to be Honored at Suffolk U. Commencement

American U. Law School Chooses Progressive Caucus Member Jamie Raskin as Commencement Speaker

Arizona State U. Faculty Refuse to Vote on Proposal to Ban Land Acknowledgments at Meetings

Kansas Governor Signs Bill Banning the Requirement of DEI-CRT Courses at Public Colleges

Yale College Republicans President Alleges Bias Against Conservatives in Admissions

“Boycott Israel” rap video exposes hypocrisy of BDS movement

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2013 28 Comments

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement, as our readers know, is a vile combination of leftists and Islamists joined together by hatred of Israel who hide behind false and exaggerated claims regarding the "occupation," when the real goal is the destruction of Israel. The BDS...

Obama “No Negotiation” press conference – LIVE (Update – will not pay ransom to Republican extremist extortionists)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2013 63 Comments

Press conference now over. If you missed it, you missed one of the most demeaning, pejorative performances I've ever seen by any President. I say "one of" because it's possible there's a more snide performance I've forgotten. But today was memorable. Just more of the eliminationist rhetoric about ransoms and extortion and so on. And with one exception, all of the questions were completely soft-ball. Obama Presser analysis in one Tweet: https://twitter.com/LegInsurrection/status/387644763920269312 Nile Gardner got the headline right (via Fuzzy):

These were my feelings during the press conference as well: Updates in reverse chron: https://twitter.com/LegInsurrection/status/387657718518935552

Tour Guide accuses Yellowstone Park Rangers of “Gestapo tactics”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2013 91 Comments

Foreign tourists locked in hotel under armed guard thought they were under arrest....

Amended Complaint filed in 9-11 photo copyright lawsuit against Sarah Palin

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2013 19 Comments

Still no proof of fundraising using iconic photo of firefighters raising the flag at Ground Zero on 9-11....

When it comes to criticizing Netanyahu, hard to tell Iran and NY Times apart

Posted by David Gerstman on October 08, 2013 4 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler 10/08/2013 - Where's the scrutiny of Iran's blatant lie about its nuclear program?...

Peasants storm Castillo de San Marcos, beaten back by trespass warnings

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2013 21 Comments

A group of 40 tourists peasants stormed Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, Florida, as reported by First Coast News (h/t Amy): A group of tourists didn't let the government shutdown or the gate at the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine stop them Monday. A...

I don’t

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2013 19 Comments

From J in Virginia: A hodge podge of lunatic-left imagery. ...

Swing District race heats up over Dem challenger fundraising claim of GOP hacking

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2013 17 Comments

Martha Robertson in NY-23 has yet to provide proof of the fundraising solicitation that GOP operatives tried to hack her website. (Update - NY Daily News picks up story based on LI reporting)...

Park Service allows pro-immigration reform rally on ‘closed’ National Mall

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 07, 2013 27 Comments

The Washington Examiner reported earlier today that the Park Service will allow an immigration reform rally on the 'closed' National Mall in Washington DC tomorrow. A planned immigration reform rally will take place on the National Mall on Tuesday even though the site is closed due...

No one expects The Obamacare Sticker Shock

Posted by New Neo on October 07, 2013 43 Comments

"I just didn't realize I would ...

Mika Brzezinski No. 1 on list of MSM losing it over gov’t scale-back

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2013 18 Comments

Laurel's list of inflammatory schoolyard taunts by senior Democratic politicians and their spokesmen reflected the increasingly eliminationist rhetoric which is part of Democratic shut-down scale-back strategy. Perhaps it's time for a new list: Mainstream Media Gone Wild, or something similar. I know that No. 1 on the...

Obama demands FEMA funding even though Dems opposed House funding bill

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2013 24 Comments

I guess this goes in either the "there he goes again" or "chutzpah" files. Tropical Storm Karen is expected to make landfall later this week in the Gulf of Mexico. FEMA started recalling workers several days ago to prepare for the storm, and in any event,...