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KBJ Angry Dissent After Unable to Convert Any Other Justice To Her Side in Conversion Therapy Case

There is a "Popularized Conception of Birthright Citizenship, Which May Not be Accurate"

Ballroom Blitz: Judge Orders Halt to Construction, Trump Not Amused

Most brutally accurate tweet ever?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 08, 2013 26 Comments

I know you hate it when I mention Meghan McCain. I hate it too, it brings back memories of her bizarre and false claim that I made fun of her breast size. I didn't even write the post at issue, Kathleen did, and the post did...

Benghazi hearings live streaming

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 08, 2013 7 Comments

The House Benghazi hearings started at 11:30, with various introductions. As of this writing, the substantive testimony had not yet begun. You also can watch the live hearings at CSPAN and via YouTube below: [Hearings adjourned for day, feed removed]

Hicks: "Everyone at the Embassy thought it was a terrorist attack." #Benghazi
— Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) May 8, 2013

HICKS: I spoke with Clinton at 2 AM the night of #Benghazi attack, briefed her on search for Stevens bit.ly/10qJxqT #tcot
— slone (@slone) May 8, 2013

hours after AMB killed, the pres of Libya says it was an ATTACK with POSSIBLE TERROR LINKS ; no mention of spontaneous protest
— Greta Van Susteren (@gretawire) May 8, 2013

Hicks says "I was stunned. My jaw dropped. I was embarrassed." re: Susan Rice's Sunday show appearances post-Benghazi
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) May 8, 2013

Mideast Media Sampler – 05/08/2013 – Where the terror supporters are

Posted by David Gerstman on May 08, 2013 1 Comment

1) Guess the source A) In its efforts to stop amateur rockets from nagging the residents of some of its southern cities, Israel appears to have given new life to the fledging Islamic movement in Palestine. For two years, the Islamic Resistance Movement (known by its Arabic...

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...

California High School Drops Punishment of Student for Pro-ICE Flyers After Inquiry From FIRE

CUNY LGBTQ Center to Host Podcast Discussion About the ‘Trans Politics of Looting’

Northeastern University Students Anxious After String of Crimes Near Campus

Kansas State Suspends Coach for Using the N-Word While Telling Students Not to Use It

Recommendations From Antisemitism Task Force Enrage Columbia University Students

George Washington University Changes Only the Name of its 'Diversity Summit'

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...

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...