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Iran’s De Facto Leader Ali Larijani Eliminated in Israeli Strike

Lawyer Among Three Arrested in Violent Restaurant Attack on Hebrew-Speaking Diners

Replacing History With Wildlife: The Suicidal Insanity of Anti-Western Ideology

Oberlin update — two white male student suspects but motives unclear

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2013 2 Comments

It has been over two months since a series of racist, sexist and homophobic slurs were found written on the campus of Oberlin College. When a student reported seeing someone in a Klan outfit -- a sighting which likely was a woman walking wrapped in a blanket --...

Republican Bundler Outraged Media Syndrome

Posted by David Gerstman on May 03, 2013 11 Comments

In a telling editorial last year, the Washington Post railed against Mr Romney's Secret Bundlers: Who are these men and women to whom the campaign is so deeply indebted? Mr. Romney has yet to answer — indeed, he has yet to be directly asked — why...

The silence of Assoc. of Asian American Studies members regarding anti-Israel academic boycott is deafening

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2013 7 Comments

We have written several times about the academic boycott of Israeli academic institutions by the Association of Asian American Studies, and how it is part of the greater Boycott Divest Sanction movement meant to delegitimize Israel: A stain on academia — Association for Asian American Studies calls...

Mideast Media Sampler – 05/03/2013 – The Benghazi Bungle

Posted by David Gerstman on May 03, 2013 5 Comments

1) The innocence of the Obama administration Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on September 14, 2012: https://twitter.com/StateDept/status/246718237939748865 This has been a difficult week for the State Department and for our country. We’ve seen the heavy assault on our post in Benghazi that took the lives of those brave...

#MASEN boom #2 – PPP finds Markey leads by only 4 pts

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2013 11 Comments

Yesterday we posted how an Emerson College student polling group found Democratic Congressman Edward Markey leading in the June 25 Special Election over newcomer Republican Gabriel Gomez by a mere 6 points. To the extent that student group could be discounted, it's going to be harder...

U. Alabama Student Accidentally Emails Thousands of People, Boosting His Pet-Sitting Business

Clemson Researchers Uncover Social Media Campaign to Spread Iranian Regime Propaganda

Debate About Biological Sex at U. Delaware Prompts Need for Safe Space

Brown University Students Report Campus Break-Ins and Theft

Students Object After NYU Cancels Identity-Based Graduation Ceremonies

Police Investigate After ‘Kill All Jews’ is Found Written in Bathroom at San Jose State U.

Where were you when the internet went live?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2013 16 Comments

Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute was there, one of just 25 active servers...

Jobs report — the new definition of “good”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2013 9 Comments

The jobs report released today is "good" news compared to what has been. 165,000 net new jobs were added. That's good. Approximately 230,000 net new jobs would need to be added just to keep pace with population growth, so we're still not actually growing...

Xistential denial

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2013 6 Comments

Because the bumper sticker was not enough. From BoPMonkey in the Tip Line: Snapped this pic the other day. ...

Did Boston Bombing kill immigration “reform”?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 02, 2013 24 Comments

Threw the bill off its fast track....

Rebel Pundit squares off with Dick Durbin over May Day speech

Posted by Anne Segal on May 02, 2013 9 Comments

Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) spoke at Chicago's annual May Day celebration in Chicago as a flag of Che Guevara waved before him, yet when questioned by Rebel Pundit about his presence at the rally teeming with anarchist, communist, and socialist groups with their red flags,...

Here we go — Markey (D) only up 6 over Gomez (R) in #Masen (Update – Markey launches first attack ad with Gomez / bin Laden split screen)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 02, 2013 12 Comments

"Independents are breaking for Gomez at a nearly 2 to 1 rate"...

Yippie! Daily Beast has a retraction policy for inaccurate and misleading posts (Update – Daily Beast drops Kurtz)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 02, 2013 4 Comments

I totally missed the Howard Kurtz kerfuffle. John Nolte at Breitbart.com has the background. The short version is that Kurtz made a factual error regarding whether Jason Collins had disclosed that he previously was engaged and then tried to minimize the error through after-the-fact editing ...

Commerce nomination cost Pritzker a pretty Penny

Posted by Anne Segal on May 02, 2013 10 Comments

Today President Obama nominated "friend" and fellow Chicagoan Penny Pritzker as Commerce Secretary, a post that has not been filled since June 2012. In doing so he has gifted one of his top fundraisers (and one of the heirs to the Hyatt chain) with a title,...

Mideast Media Sampler – 05/02/2013 – BBC “Team” Sports: Deception in Gaza

Posted by David Gerstman on May 02, 2013 2 Comments

1) Might? May? In March, a report from the UN suggested very strongly that Omar Masharawi (or Mishrawi) was killed by a Hamas rocket. In response, Robert Mackey of the New York Times wrote "might have been caused by 'a Palestinian rocket that fell short of Israel.'" Mackey's...

Thou shalt not

Posted by David Gerstman on May 02, 2013 3 Comments

From the Baltimore area. This is an eclectic bunch, though I don't like them all. My favorite is the "Don't steal" one. ...

Three Classmates of Boston Bombing Suspect Charged With Interfering in Investigation

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 02, 2013 9 Comments

Three college classmates of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were arrested and charged Wednesday in connection with the investigation. From the FBI's official press release: Dias Kadyrbayev, 19, and Azamat Tazhayakov, 19, both of New Bedford, were charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to obstruct...

Cyberattack on US Department of Labor Website, Triggers Malware

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 02, 2013 2 Comments

A sub-domain of the Department of Labor website was hacked on Wednesday, causing the site to be taken offline until further notice. The DOL confirmed the incident in a statement to WUSA-TV. A U.S. Department of Labor spokesman confirms one of its websites is offline after being...