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Branco Cartoon – Not So Empty Nest Syndrome
on August 05, 2013
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Note: You may reprint this cartoon provided you link back to this source. To see more Legal Insurrection Branco cartoons, click here. Branco’s page is Cartoonist A.F.Branco ...
This ain’t your Grandhippie’s Ithaca
on August 05, 2013
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If I had not received this from a highly reliable source, I never would have believed this was seen in Ithaca. From someone whose identity is being held so secret I had to black out his reflection on the chrome trim, came this photo and note: I enviously...
Is Washington DC the new Hollywood?
on August 04, 2013
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What we are experiencing is celebrity politics. Much as Hollywood is, DC has become a land of illusions....
Egyptian Belly Dancer to Obama: “we are the Alpha”
on August 04, 2013
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We aren't the strong horse, or even the strong dancer....
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“Decimated” al-Qaeda causes U.S. to shut embassies and go on high alert
on August 04, 2013
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The Department of State issued a travel alert Friday, warning of al Qaeda and affiliated organizations planning potential terrorist attacks "particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, and possibly occurring in or emanating from the Arabian Peninsula" between now and the end of August. ...
Mostly White Male Bloomberg News: “House Republicans Set to Defy Obama Are Mostly White Men”
on August 04, 2013
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White male reporter at news org named after white man and run mostly by white men notices white male Republicans....
When do polygamists get to come out of the shadows?
on August 04, 2013
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Bringing people "out of the shadows" is the newest greatest. So what about polygamists? We've addressed this issue before, in a call for intellectual honesty: Polygamy – another love that now dares speak its name again “Polygamy would have to be permitted” Polyamory – at least be honest about it On...
“Brown bag” controversy reveals chink in the armor of language police
on August 03, 2013
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I tend to make light of the language police when it comes to the Saturday Night Card Game, but it's actually a very serious subject.
The incessant attempt to turn race-neutral phrases into racial testing grounds is part of a larger political war in which race agitators seek to turn everything into a discussion of race all the time in every sphere of life.
Here are some prior examples we have considered: Black List, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Rejigger, Providence Plantations, Black Friday, Gobbledygook, Illegal Immigrant, Undocumented Immigrant, Master Bedroom, and even the use of white copy paper.
We also addressed the idiom Chink in the Armor after a sportscaster was suspended and a copywriter (who happened to be married to an Asian woman) was fired for using the phrase in connection with discussing basketball player Jeremy Lin's on-court weaknesses. The controversy was contrived, but it drove race into the headlines:
“Chink in the armor” is a non-racial idiom, not a single word, denoting:Now "chink in the armor" is back in the news because a CNBC reporter used the phrase in assessing whether Wendi Deng, the Chinese wife of Rubert Murdoch, could overcome trust agreements as part of their divorce. The phrase was not used to refer to Ms. Deng, but to legal arguments Deng's lawyer would use to allow her to access the Trusts which contained most of Murdock's vast fortune. Here's the discussion, via Hot Air:A vulnerable area, as in Putting things off to the last minute is the chink in Pat’s armor and is bound to get her in trouble one day . This term relies on chink in the sense of “a crack or gap,” a meaning dating from about 1400 and used figuratively since the mid-1600s.
"What do you think the chink in the armor here might be, that's what [the lawyer] is so good at, is finding a chink in the prenupts and all these trusts."
No problems from concealed carry in Illinois counties
on August 03, 2013
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So, about that expected wave of new gun violence in concealed-carry counties in Illinois. This is a good question. https://twitter.com/Watchdogorg/status/363734808179916800 From Watchdog.org: “There haven’t been any problems,” Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Gibbons said. “I suspect that no one is even aware when someone around them is carrying. ...
Twitter UK Chief Apologizes to Female Victims of Online Abuse
on August 03, 2013
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The general manager of Twitter UK, Tony Wang, sent a series of tweets Saturday, apologizing to women who have experienced abuse on its site.
https://twitter.com/TonyW/status/363602538022436864
The social media company also posted an update to its blog Saturday morning, outlining changes it plans to make to its policies.
The developments come after UK lawmaker Stella Creasy and feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez were the targets of rape threats on Twitter, sparking a very public backlash against the social media company. Arrests were later made in connection with that investigation.
Several female journalists also received bomb threats on Twitter, including Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman, Independent columnist Grace Dent, Emma Barnett of The Daily Telegraph and Europe editor of Time magazine Catherine Mayer.
The threats triggered a petition calling for Twitter to modify its policies and make it easier to report abuse, and some called for boycotts. Creasy took it a step further though, calling the threats a "hate crime."
From the BBC:
[Journalist Caitlin] Moran has called for a 24-hour Twitter boycott on 4 August to try to get Twitter to come up with an "anti-troll policy". Labour MP Ms Creasy said: "This is not a technology crime - this is a hate crime. If they were doing it on the street, the police would act." She told the BBC she had been chasing Twitter for the past 24 hours but they had not yet responded to her. "I am absolutely furious with Twitter that they are not engaging in this at all," she said.
So tell me about the SC primary challengers to Lindsey Graham
on August 03, 2013
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Lindsey Graham deserves a primary challenge. He has several million in the bank, and surely will receive a lot more from those who want to keep him fighting for amnesty (assuming he doesn't pull it off prior to the election). There now are two people are...
“Completely Out of Patience” Week at College Insurrection
on August 03, 2013
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That would be me. T-shirt idea: "We engaged in institutional racism to fight white privilege, and all we got was more white privilege": Elite colleges fail to enroll minority students T-shirt idea: "We threw money at the U.S. News rankings, and all we got were these lousy retention...
The Big Bang theory in Homs, Syria
on August 03, 2013
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For a day or two, the massive explosion in the Syrian city of Homs was a mystery. Another Who bombed it? Israeli attack? Or just more destruction by the Syrian government which already has left Homs a wreck? Via WaPo on August 1: What caused this enormous explosion in...
Hackers Creating Bogus Facebook Likes Through Unsuspecting Users’ Accounts
on August 02, 2013
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As if determining the fakes from reality wasn't already enough of a drag on social media. If you notice your Facebook account has suddenly "liked" a product and you knew nothing about it, an enterprising (and dishonest) hacker might be the cause. From The Telegraph: The number...
