Posted by William A. Jacobson
on August 14, 201328 Comments
What with the damn rodeo clown getting fired, banned, and the whole association subject to sensitivity training for the offense of clowning around at the expense of the President.
What with the long history of rodeo and other clowns mocking presidents at public events (even down to the...
It appears Israel is gearing up for its own citizen army to defend itself - on social media.
From the Jerusalem Post's article, Government to use citizens as army in social media war:
The Prime Minister’s Office has a far-reaching plan to utilize students and other supporters...
Has politics become so divisive that a new intolerance keeps left and right from connecting emotionally?
Research purports to show that left and right are that different, according to this post at NPR titled For Democrats And Republicans, It's Happily (N)ever After:
Political preferences seem to come...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on August 14, 201312 Comments
NOTE - This post will be updated throughout the day, with "breaking" news at the top, other updates below, and the live streams at the bottom:UPDATE 8/14/2013 at 10:10am ET:
A month-long state of emergency has been declared.
https://twitter.com/AP/status/367644219391102978
https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/367675743289245696
https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/367683057022562306
Overnight the Egyptian military attacked Muslim Brotherhood protesters encamped in Cairo. There are reports of dozens, maybe hundreds dead. (Live video and Twitter feeds at bottom of post.)
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/367754493636521984
In turn, Muslim Brotherhood supporters around the country have turned on the Christian population, including burning churches.
https://twitter.com/JeffreyGoldberg/status/367586159116816384
https://twitter.com/EIPR/status/367592909517770753
https://twitter.com/RanyaKhalifa/status/367573102609195010
https://twitter.com/DaliaEzzat_/statuses/367838401317195776
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on August 14, 20139 Comments
From Pete, spotted outside Tacoma, WA:
Prof. Jacobson,
Thought you would enjoy the photo and I read you on a daily basis.
Thanks for all your work.
I can't tell what the sticker next to the "Steady Hand" says:
...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on August 13, 201315 Comments
Mahmoud Abbas joined others in welcoming home heroic axe murderers of elderly people sitting on benches, knife and pruning shear murderers of hikers and bus passengers, and other assorted miscreants.
It's not easy to watch these celebrations, but it is necessary to do so in order to understand the culture of incitement that pervades Palestinian society and is the main obstacle to peace:
MORE VIDEOS HERE
https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/367422567767748608
https://twitter.com/Rushdibbc/status/367399847965376512
Part of the celebration was for Palestinians to throw rocks:
Posted by Mandy Nagy
on August 13, 201311 Comments
Earlier this afternoon in a post that featured an interview with Lavabit's owner on his abrupt decision to shutdown his encrypted email service, I also mentioned the shutdown of Silent Circle's secure email service, Silent Mail.
As good luck in timing would have it, ZDNet has...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on August 13, 2013150 Comments
The analysis of the Natural Born Citizen clause in the Constitution as it applies to Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.
I promised to do this long ago, and did the research with the assistance of a former student, but couldn't bring myself to actually write it...
Posted by Mandy Nagy
on August 13, 201319 Comments
Late last week, we reported that Ladar Levison, the founder of encrypted email service provider Lavabit, abruptly shut down his service without notice, leaving only a cryptic message for users and visitors to the company’s website as to the reasons behind his decision.
While Levison explained...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on August 13, 201320 Comments
It was widely reported earlier this week that there was a mass coaching of Mexicans as to which phrases to use at the border to gain them temporary asylum, including lodging:
A sudden influx of illegal immigrants from Mexico requesting asylum is overwhelming immigration agents in...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on August 13, 201328 Comments
Yucca Mountain ruling has important implications for Obamacare implementation and other refusals of the Obama administration to comply with congressional mandates....
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on August 13, 201328 Comments
She's already playing the race card.
To add on top of the war-on-women card.
https://twitter.com/michellemalkin/status/367280328022302720
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That, and Anthony Weiner's slip of the tongue (I know, not the imagery you want in the morning), Anthony Weiner: Huma Will...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on August 12, 201360 Comments
A Rodeo clown at the Missouri State Fair wore an Obama mask.
The crowd did not want the clown to win.
This video killed the rodeo clown's career:
Now the clown has been fired ... permanently after an outcry from Democratic politicians.
https://twitter.com/LynnEva0806805/statuses/366991513969885185
You know what needs to be done:
https://twitter.com/DLoesch/status/367066740447920128
Jim Hoft has some background on how clowns were treated when they made fun of Bush.
But this ain't Bush.
In other Obama Mask news:
https://twitter.com/LegInsurrection/status/366992153047617536
https://twitter.com/LegInsurrection/status/366993874058637312