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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

Will today be a no good, awful, very bad day for Obama and Hillary?

Posted by David Gerstman on May 08, 2013 17 Comments

Hearings are scheduled today before Darrell Issa's committee. I thought that Roger L. Simon was going a bit overboard late last week. New RLS blog #TCOT Benghazi Impeachment Suddenly Not So Far-Fetched bit.ly/15d5RXW— Roger Simon (@rogerlsimon) May 4, 2013 Even Simon acknowledged that his writing on the topic...

BDS lied about Stephen Hawking joining anti-Israel academic boycott (Update – retraction of the retraction?)(Final update? Hawking essentially refused to cross boycott picket line)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 08, 2013 16 Comments

The academic boycott of Israel organized by the BDS movement claimed a big success when the Guardian ran an article yesterday, Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of Israel. That report set off a furious response, since the academic boycott of Israel is anathema to almost all...

Oh yeah, you’re the bad girl

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 08, 2013 6 Comments

Hot rodding around Ithaca in your Toyota Sienna LE minivan. Breaking all the rules! You'll make history, alright. A certain little bad boy is waiting for you....

Meltdown in #SC01 tonight? (Update – Sanford wins, take sharp objects away from Colbert Busch)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 07, 2013 29 Comments

Elizabeth Colbert Busch failed to own her own dirt, and made others dig it up...

Blackout: Internet Traffic in Syria Suddenly Disappears

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 07, 2013 6 Comments

Breaking reports indicate that internet communications out of Syria seem to have dropped off the map this afternoon. From Umbrella Security Labs: At around 18:45 UTC OpenDNS resolvers saw a significant drop in traffic from Syria. On closer inspection it seems Syria has largely disappeared from the...

Authorities Believe Death of U. Alabama Student Found in Spain was Accidental

Education Dept. Shifts Control of Student Loans to Treasury in Move to Dismantle Department

Turning Point USA Claims Manchester Community College Violated Its 1st Amendment Rights

Venezuelan Migrant Arrested After Student From Loyola Chicago is Fatally Shot Near Campus

Leftist Students at UC-Santa Barbara Demand ‘Sanctuary’ Campus

Faculty Members at Boston University Object After Pride Flags Are Removed Under New Policy

Freedom in Cleveland

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 07, 2013 27 Comments

What an unbelievable story. I'm sure you've read all about it already, but look at these mug shots (via Cleveland Plain Dealer): Three longtime missing women, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, were found alive Monday, apparently kidnapped and held for years as prisoners inside a...

Boston Bombings Pallywooded

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 07, 2013 1 Comment

You remember Pallywood: Pallywood fakes Palestinian handcuffed to hospital bed Pallywood — the longest running series in the history of fiction What’s the difference between Pallywood and media coverage of Gaza? Abid Katib – Palestinian Shoe Fauxtographer? Looks like it has happened again, this time with regard to the Boston...

Cumulus again tries to throw Limbaugh under Media Matters’ boycott bus

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 07, 2013 20 Comments

It's Deja Vu all over again, earnings season bringing another attempt by Cumulus Media to throw Rush Limbaugh under the Media Matters' boycott bus. For a bit of history on the Limbaugh boycott organized by and still pushed by Media Matters, see my prior posts from...

Mideast Media Sampler – 05/07/2013 – The “Syria is not Iraq” Conundrum

Posted by David Gerstman on May 07, 2013 7 Comments

1) Bill Keller's truism Former executive editor of the New York Times, Bill Keller states the obvious, "Syria is not Iraq." In short, Keller argues that he trusts President Obama's instincts. However since he offered a mea culpa for having once supported the Iraq war, his...

‘OpUSA’ Hackers Plan Cyberattacks Against US Websites on May 7th

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 07, 2013 9 Comments

A collective of hackers is expected to launch a major cyberattack Tuesday against various targets in the US as part of an operation dubbed OpUSA, according to a Department of Homeland Security Alert issued last week. From noted security blog KrebsOnSecurity: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security...

California Mirrors Nation’s “Hunger Games” Set-up

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 07, 2013 4 Comments

Professor Glenn Reynolds likens Washington, D.C ., to the iconic Panem, capital city of "The Hunger Games". As the nation's wealth becomes concentrated along the Potomac, it becomes easier to make the analogy: America's capital seems bubble-wrapped in its own vibrant economic boom, while great chunks of...

Sadly honest

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 07, 2013 13 Comments

I agree with Zach, nothing to laugh about here, least of all the honesty of the message: I just recently moved to Denver, CO and captured this shot this afternoon downtown. I have no witty remarks for this photo. It is simply downright depressing. Best wishes. ...

Second Grader Suspended for Pointing Pencil Like a Gun

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 06, 2013 50 Comments

The war on little boys marches on...

Goodbye to our friend Chip Gerdes

Posted by Anne Segal on May 06, 2013 5 Comments

Today we received news that Chip Gerdes, one of the patriots we don't all know by name, but who works day in and day out to help our country, passed away. Legal Insurrection writers add their thoughts below. WAJ adds: I only spoke to him a handful...

Euro is like Obamacare, interesting concept that can’t work because of people

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2013 9 Comments

Obamacare will not work. Just like the Euro did not work. Because of people. Via The Telegraph, German euro founder calls for 'catastrophic' currency to be broken up: Mr Lafontaine said he backed EMU but no longer believes it is sustainable. "Hopes that the creation of the euro would...

One step away from #Gosnell

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2013 47 Comments

The author doesn't have the guts to put his name on it. Not surprised. Disgusting: We're having twins and I'm not happy about it, thought about aborting one twin. ow.ly/kL9cG ow.ly/kL9l7— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) May 6, 2013 As horrible as this might sound, we found ourselves wishing these...

About those Syrian casualties from the Israeli bombing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2013 6 Comments

The enormous mushroom cloud, the earth-shaking earthquake-like reverberations, the secondary explosions. We're heard a lot of noise from Syria, but relatively little about casualties. The NY Times reports over 100 dead soldiers: The attack, which sent brightly lighted columns of smoke and ash high into the night sky...