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Democrats Think They're Winning Back Men and Rural Voters in 2026

MTG's Exit Interview with The NY Times: Scorn, Self-Pity, and a Rewrite of History

MIT "Womxn" Only Physics and Bio Grad Programs Challenged by Equal Protection Project

Grassroots #Gosnell Tweetfest versus Obama manufactured anti-gun Thunderclap

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 13, 2013 9 Comments

A study in contrasts. The grassroots Twitter campaign to call attention to the mainstream media blackout on the Kermit Gosnell trial was a huge success, 166,800 #Gosnell tweets in 12 hours (h/t @rsmcain): The Gosnell “tweetfest” on Friday proved to be a massive success, inspiring critical reflections by liberal...

Saturday Night Card Game (Calling the Outstanding Leader “crazy” is like using the N-word)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 13, 2013 15 Comments

Before you read on, to whom am I referring as the Outstanding Leader? Now read on. North Korea under its new, young leader Kim Jong Un, also known as the Outstanding Leader, has been threatening to start a nuclear war, and to start with Tokyo. But don't you...

Chris Murphy (D-CT) demands Fox cancel NASCAR broadcast because NRA a sponsor

Posted by Anne Segal on April 13, 2013 11 Comments

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) called on Rupert Murdoch not to to air today's NASCAR Sprint Cup race because the NRA is a sponsor of the event. Murphy wrote: The horror that unfolded on December 14th at Sandy Hook Elementary School has sparked a national conversation about...

Blue Angels Grounded By Sequestration

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 13, 2013 13 Comments

One of the October highlights in San Diego is the MCAS Miramar Air Show. My husband and son have a father/son day at the event, as they are both aviation enthusiasts. My boy especially adores the Blue Angels, and loves to see them practice in the...

Looking Back on Our Future

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 13, 2013 5 Comments

My son just earned his Space Exploration Merit Badge in Boy Scouts. So, we were very interested to learn about plans to rope-an-asteroid for closer study: The plan would speed up by four years the existing mission to land astronauts on an asteroid by bringing the space...

Judge Orders Secret Hearing of Alleged Charlie Kirk Killer to be Made Public

Brown University Implements Campus Security Overhaul in Wake of Shooting

Nikole Hannah-Jones Writes Tribute to Cop Killer Assata Shakur

Lincoln University Prof Claims School Changed His Students' Grades Without Asking

Duke University Cut Hundreds of Millions Through Various Means in Response to Federal Cuts

Students and Faculty at UC-Berkeley Unhappy About Suspension of Anti-Israel Lecturer

Cause and Effect Week at College Insurrection

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 13, 2013 0 Comments

Cause: While you were sleeping, radical 1960s leftists took over the education system Video: Bill O’Reilly and Charles Krauthammer Analyze the Liberal Takeover of Higher Ed Professor attacks Pope for blessing disabled man, claims Christian bias against disabled USC Student Exposes Professor Who Routinely Calls Republicans Stupid and Racist Wisconsin...

Salon.com shouts “Look, Squirrel!” to deflect #Gosnell outrage

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 13, 2013 23 Comments

As noted yesterday, the widespread attention to the mainstream media's news blackout on the Kermit Gosnell trial evoked a pushback at Salon.com with the claim that "feminist" writers had written about the horrors, and therefore according to Irin Carmon, There is no Gosnell coverup. That gave rise...

#Victory #IcingOnCake

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 13, 2013 3 Comments

I have been encouraging readers to get on Twitter. #Victory Just a few thousand more to go. @leginsurrectionYou begged for me to get on twitter so here I am. My first tweet.— Catherine E. Harrop (@Catherine_in_Va) April 13, 2013 And she sent yesterday's Broadcast Tweet! #IcingOnCake Break #Gosnell news blackout...

Elizabeth Warren backtracks on story of brother living on just $13,200

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 12, 2013 31 Comments

but insists "I told the truth"...

Lawfare for Terry McAuliffe >> The Streisand Effect

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 12, 2013 6 Comments

Terry McAuliffe, perennial Democratic partisan and Clintonite, wants to be Governor of Virginia. But he has a problem. A big problem, Terry McAuliffe's Solyndra. Go read the article at the link. All you need to know is in this Dukakis-in-a-tank-like photo: While the issue had received attention, it was...

Lame #Gosnell media blackout pushback

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 12, 2013 13 Comments

There is some very lame pushback against the overwhelming evidence that the mainstream media has a virtual news blackout on the Gosnell trial. It started with a post in Slate Salon.com about how "feminist" bloggers have written about Gosnell, and the NY Times reported on the...

RIP Jonathan Winters

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 12, 2013 5 Comments

TMZ reports (h/t @baseballcrank): Jonathan Winters, the comedic film and TV actor who was huge in the '70s and '80s on shows like "Mork and Mindy," has died at age 87 ...

Tweet to break the #Gosnell news blackout

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 12, 2013 24 Comments

The mainstream media is ignoring Kermit Gosnell's abortion shop of horrors. In addition to the near total blackout at newspapers like The NY Times and Washington Post and all major networks except Fox News, mainstream news sites like Politico are silent, with not a single story...

Mideast Media Sampler – 04/12/2013 – High Price of Asymmetric Warfare

Posted by David Gerstman on April 12, 2013 2 Comments

1) How to fight asymmetric warfare Once again Charles Enderlein and Philipe Karsenty are back in court. Enderlein was the reporter who created the story of Mohammed al-Dura. Karsenty is the media critic who had the temerity to question the much honored "journalist." Back in 2008...

Detroit Free Press rebuffs reader demand to cover Gosnell butchery

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 12, 2013 36 Comments

"the reason I haven’t written about Mr. Gosnell is the same reason Philadelphia journalists don’t write about homicide trials in Detroit"...

Branco Cartoon – Hot Shot

Posted by A.F. Branco on April 12, 2013 2 Comments

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What could go wrong?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 11, 2013 17 Comments

Missouri Broke Own State Law, Shared Detailed Conceal Carry Records With Feds: This story is gun registration opponents worst nightmares coming true. Missouri officials broke their own laws and shared detailed conceal carry records with the feds. Dana Loesch is all over this story: The Missouri State Highway...