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Appeals Court Upholds No-Bond Detention Of Illegal Aliens In Huge Win For Trump

Red, White — and Ashamed? Team USA Skiers Bash the US

Are Nursing and Other “Caring” Professions a “Sink for Pathological Personalities”?

Repeat after me again and again: “The Shirley Sherrod tape was not misleading”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 14, 2013 19 Comments

I just saw a movie review in The Washington Post from last fall regarding Hating Breitbart. I haven't seen the film (but Anne did, her review is here), so I can't comment on the review itself, although it does bear an unmistakably snide tone to it, as...

Say what you will about @BuzzfeedPol, they’ve got me pegged

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 14, 2013 30 Comments

And they have a very well done post, luring the likes of me into their lair: What Kind Of Conservative Are You? This scientific quiz is the only way to be sure. Just in time for CPAC! Okay, I took the quiz, and this was the result: ...

TRITE

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 14, 2013 10 Comments

From Nick: A little diversity for ya professor...

Branco Cartoon – Justice Served

Posted by A.F. Branco on March 13, 2013 8 Comments

Note: You may reprint this cartoon provided you link back to this source. To see more Legal Insurrection Branco cartoons, click here. ...

Patriot PAC’s Operation Black Storm endorses Paul McKinley in #IL02

Posted by Anne Segal on March 13, 2013 12 Comments

Prior endorsements included Ted Cruz, Allen West, Mia Love, and Tim Scott...

Report Alleges Georgetown U. Received $971 Million From Qatar

Saint Mary’s College in Indiana Finally Approves TPUSA After Four Years

In the End, it is Trump Who Has Done More Than Anyone to Bring Down Epstein

Ohio State U. Hires 'Assistant Professor of Black Sexualities'

Hunter College President Announces ICE Will Not be Permitted on Campus Without Legal Order

NYU Prof Claims Trump's Whole Milk Push is ‘Dog Whistle to Far Right’

Argentina’s Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio becomes Pope Francis – Updated

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 13, 2013 27 Comments

I came back from an appointment to find that white smoke was wafting from the Vatican Chimney. From the Globe and Mail: Argentine cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio will be known as Francis. At 7:07 p.m., local time, white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel, signalling that a new...

White Smoke (Update — Pope Francis f/k/a Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 13, 2013 11 Comments

I guess there's a new Pope. Not being Catholic, I'll leave it to readers to assess after the identity is known. twitter.com/seanhannity/st…— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) March 13, 2013 PHOTO: White smoke billows out of the Sistine Chapel chimney huff.to/10NK07c twitter.com/HuffingtonPost…— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) March 13, 2013 #HabemusPapam I love...

Everything you always wanted to know about kill-lists, but were afraid to (duck, there’s a drone overhead) ask

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 13, 2013 13 Comments

"America's bureaucrats kill with amazing efficiency"...

The good news: 7 Saudi men spared death by firing squad and crucifixion

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

The bad news? Saudi Arabia beheads 7 men after appeals rejected: Seven Saudi men convicted of theft, looting and armed robbery were beheaded on Wednesday, according to the country’s official news agency, more than a week after their families and rights group appealed to the king for...

Mideast Media Sampler 03/13/2013

Posted by David Gerstman on March 13, 2013 3 Comments

1) Being a reporter means never having to say you're sorry The New York Times has reported on the UN report that raised doubts about the death of Omar Masharawi. Isabel Kershner wrote U.N. Ties Gaza Baby’s Death to Palestinians: Paul Danahar, the BBC Middle East bureau chief,...

Talking smack

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 13, 2013 14 Comments

Team Breitbart: We’re going to smack Politico across the face and expose Buzzfeed: Breitbart’s Ben Shapiro took a more bellicose tone, declaring that Breitbart News writers would challenge not only the existing mainstream media for their biased coverage, but also the newer online outlets. “You’ll notice that...

Don’t mess even with Texas Prius drivers

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 13, 2013 10 Comments

From James in Seabrook, TX: This Car is Driven by The ECONOMY NOT a Liberal…. Thanks for your efforts and great blog! ...

A little late: RNC to hire chief technology officer

Posted by Anne Segal on March 12, 2013 30 Comments

The RNC has announced plans to focus on digital strategy and hire a chief technology officer by May 1, preferably one that "is maybe able to come in and change the way that we think," according to RNC spokeswoman Kirsten Kukowski. If Kukowski hadn't added that...

Lost in cyberspace

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 12, 2013 23 Comments

Yesterday afternoon an error was made in server maintenance leading to the server going offline, but it was restored as of 8 a.m. this morning with very little loss of data. Unfortunately, the hosting company did a second restore which should not have taken place which...

Buy (law school) when everyone else is selling (but don’t overpay)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 12, 2013 4 Comments

“Buy when everyone else is selling.” From Warren Buffett on down, it’s a time tested approach to investing. It doesn’t mean purchase anything that comes along, or overpay, but it’s a contrarian approach to the madness of markets which tend to drive valuations to extremes for...

Mideast Media Sampler 03/12/2013

Posted by David Gerstman on March 12, 2013 3 Comments

Mendacious Max Beyond Iron Dome Max Fisher, the blogger for the Washington Post who publicized the picture of Jihad Mishrawi has now responded to a new United Nations report that concluded that the rocket that killed Mishrawi's son was likely fired by Hamas. Originally he was...

Progressive support for Native Americans — a mile wide and an inch thin

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

A recent comment from an old post, Why America Should Care: Tom Joad March 11, 2013 at 6:53 PM I used to support native American causes. I never will again. The one really bright hope we have in the US congress you are attacking over something TOTALLY frivolous....