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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

“Not Even At Step 1” Week at College Insurrection

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 21, 2013 1 Comment

Not really into that Coxexist stuff on campus: Kangaroo courts for men on campus U. Buffalo Prof in profanity-laced tirade against pro-life students Pro-Life Display Vandalized at Slippery Rock University Chapel at Georgetown Vandalized USC student on the prof who called Republicans ‘stupid’ and ‘racist’ But they've taken the first step,...

Politically correct epistemic closure counterattacks Boston Marathon bombing reality

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 21, 2013 46 Comments

In other words, it’s not them, it’s us....

Strangest “reportedly” true actually true Boston Marathon Bombing fact

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 21, 2013 33 Comments

Surely this could not be actually true. At best "reportedly" true? https://twitter.com/lamblock/status/325390139868205057 But alas, it was: Statement of the Ambassador of the Czech Republic on the Boston terrorist attack 19.04.2013 / 21:27 As many I was deeply shocked by the tragedy that occurred in Boston earlier this month. It was a...

Which church would that be?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 21, 2013 21 Comments

From Janet: Sending you a photo of bumper stickers. I saw this car parked next to a Unitarian church in Boston. : ) ...

The One who got away, and other random tweets

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2013 14 Comments

Some random tweets I bookmarked this past week. In no particular order. The One who got away: My artist rendering of what the dude would look like without the backward baseball cap. twitter.com/ExJon/status/3…— Jon Gabriel (@ExJon) April 18, 2013 You've lost Mother Jones ...

Student Newspaper at Loyola U. Apologizes for Calling Suspected Killer of Student an 'Illegal Immigrant'

Faculty Members at U. Wisconsin Donate Massive Amounts of Cash to Democrats Ahead of Midterms

Divinity School in Texas Seeks Prof to Teach Bible From ‘Queer’ and ‘Womanist’ Perspective

Princeton Professors Hold Panel to Discuss Resisting Trump Admin's Anti-DEI Policies

Former Harvard President Claudine Gay to Teach Class on ‘Governance’ of Universities

Civil Rights Office of Education Dept. Opens Two New Investigations Into Harvard

Saturday Night Card Game (Masters of the English language)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2013 39 Comments

This all is making my head hurt. A couple of weeks ago we lost Illegal Immigrants. Now we're losing the Master Bedroom. Homebuilders scrap 'master bedroom' because of racist, gender-biased connotations: The “master suite” is being phased out — not from our homes, but from our lexicon. A survey of...

Students react to Boston Marathon Bombing (Updates added)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2013 3 Comments

From College Insurrection: MIT community recalls officer Sean Collier, shot by Boston bombing suspect Emerson College Students United After Boston Marathon Bombing Missouri State Student: What We Know About Boston Springfield College Paper Recounts Horror of Boston Marathon Bombing The Northwestern Chronicle Reacts to the Boston Marathon Bombing Emory student decries...

Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Phoned Uncle Hours Before His Death

Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 20, 2013 15 Comments

A few hours before he would be shot and killed by law enforcement, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev called an uncle with whom he had not spoken in about two years. During that call, he asked his uncle for forgiveness. From USA Today (via the...

Cops may have played the media

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2013 27 Comments

The NY Post and other media outlets are being raked over the coals for releasing a photo of alleged suspects which turned out to be wrong, as I discussed. It turns out the cops may have been playing the media deliberately to give the real suspects...

Boston lock-down exposes gun culture divide

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2013 51 Comments

Most Americans believe that having a gun in the home makes you safer: A Washington Post-ABC News poll — not a Rasmussen or some Rove outfit, but the Post and an alphabet network — finds that by a wide margin, more Americans believe that having a...

Add Boston Marathon Bombing to pile of Failed Eliminationist Narratives

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2013 40 Comments

It started with Bill Sparkman, the part-time Census worker who went missing and then was found dead, setting off an avalanche of mainstream media and left-blogosphere accusations that he was the victim of anti-government "right-wing" hate. It turned out that Sparkman killed himself, but there...

Coexist, “reportedly”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2013 9 Comments

Many people sent me links to this image. I don't know if it's real, or was obtained from Reddit, 4Chan, or CNN. But it's too good not to print, with all the caveats, "reportedly." Picture of the century: highjacked car had "COEXIST" bumper sticker twitter.com/chelseagrunwal…— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 19,...

Reports — Second Suspect “Down” (UPDATE – in custody)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2013 20 Comments

UPDATE -- Suspect in custody. Ace has the photo of the take down. Suspect in custody. Officers sweeping the area. Stand by for further info.— Boston Police Dept. (@Boston_Police) April 20, 2013 "We got him" #oneboston twitter.com/mayortommenino…— Mayor Tom Menino (@mayortommenino) April 20, 2013 -------------------------------------------------- Just breaking. Large volley of...

Boston curfew lifted, mass transit reopened, suspect still on the run

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2013 9 Comments

At a news conference at 6 p.m. the reopening of mass transit and the lift on the request for people to stay in their homes has been lifted. There will be increased police patrols. The suspect still is on the run. No indication was given as to...

Mideast Media Sampler – 04/19/2013 – #MiddleEast reacts to #BostonMarathon bombing

Posted by David Gerstman on April 19, 2013 8 Comments

1) The Middle East and Boston What have been the reactions in the Middle East to the Boston Marathon? Jordanian Salafists, unsurprisingly, endorsed the terror. "American blood isn't more precious than Muslim blood," said Mohammad al-Chalabi, who was convicted in an al-Qaida-linked plot to attack U.S. and other...

Chilling history of #Gosnell and babies struggling to survive

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2013 19 Comments

On this day when we are focused on Boston, also remember Philadelphia...

Letter from the Family of Lu Lingzi

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2013 6 Comments

The family of Lu Lingzi, the Chinese graduate student killed in the Boston Marathon bombing, issued a statement Thursday, via BU Today: We are grieving and at a loss for words to describe the pain and sadness we are experiencing following the sudden passing of our...