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Ayatollah Khamenei Eliminated in Israeli Strike

Anti-Trump Revolt - Tucker Calls Iran Decision 'Disgusting and Evil'

My View From Moscow April 1980 - The Failed American Hostage Rescue Mission

Mideast Media Sampler 03/19/2013

Posted by David Gerstman on March 19, 2013 5 Comments

1) Is there any hope left for Mideast honesty in the New York Times A few people have pointed out that I missed an op-ed by Rashid Khalidi, Is Any Hope Left for Mideast Peace? One paragraph really stuck out. Until 1991 most Palestinians, although under Israeli...

Elizabeth Warren cherry-picked $22 per hour minimum wage number

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2013 39 Comments

Guess which she picked from $9.22, $10.01, $10.52, $12.25, $15.34, and $21.72...

Two HOT graphics

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 19, 2013 37 Comments

One of the iconic "proofs" of man-made global warming is the infamous "hockey stick" graph". [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="448"] "Hockey Stick" graph.[/caption] Skeptics questioned the statistics and data used to generate the graph. So, as Powerline's John Hinderaker noted, "a group of climate alarmists headed by Shaun Marcott,...

Ladies and gentlemen, Sarah Palin!!

Posted by Joel Engel on March 19, 2013 13 Comments

Watching Sarah Palin’s canny performance at CPAC the other day—and particularly the moment she held up that Big Gulp in a Statue of Liberty pose after a provocative double entendre about her “rack”—two words came to mind: Lenny Bruce. In a lot of ways, the philosophical parallels...

Branco Cartoon – Forward 2016

Posted by A.F. Branco on March 18, 2013 14 Comments

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

Franklin & Marshall College Economic Department Features Marxist Curriculum

Students for Justice in Palestine at U. Chicago Cheer for Iranian Missiles Hitting U.S. Navy Base

Dearborn Henry Ford Community College Prof Says Trump Made a Huge 'Mistake' in Iran

Yale to Offer Free Tuition to Families Making Less Than $200K

U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign Students Want School to Spend $25K on Reparations Commission

Anti-Israel Group at Columbia Reacts to Iran Strike by Tweeting 'Death to America' in Persian

4-H urged to switch to air rifle/pistol due to ammunition shortage

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 18, 2013 28 Comments

We have written before about the severe ammunition shortage ever since Democrats announced broadened gun control plans, with store shelves almost bare. Reader Danelle writes about a shortage of .22LR ammunition affecting youth shooting groups: As you know, one of my other jobs is teaching youth shooting...

RNC strategy for African American outreach: internal affirmative action plus more bureaucracy

Posted by Anne Segal on March 18, 2013 26 Comments

I've just begun to comb through the newly released RNC's "Growth and Opportunity Project" report, co-chaired by a group including Ari Fleischer and Haley Barbour. Reading through the methodology, and paying particular attention to the section on African Americans, has left me absolutely fuming. The report combined interviews...

Mission accomplished

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 18, 2013 17 Comments

The primary goal of ElizabethWarrenWiki.org was to serve as a resource for people who don't have the time to search dozens of websites and blogs. So when I stumbled on this at HuffPo the other day, it was one of those moments. The accusation was about Republicans...

Is it a wonder our kids can’t add and subtract?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 18, 2013 26 Comments

In part it's because of an educational culture focused on punishing rambunctious young boys who chew breakfast pastries into the shape of a gun ...

The definition of insanity

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 18, 2013 18 Comments

sane /sān/ Adjective (of a person) Of sound mind; not mad or mentally ill: "hard work kept me sane". (of an undertaking or manner) Reasonable; sensible. in·sane /inˈsān/ Adjective In a state of mind that prevents normal perception, behavior, or social interaction; seriously mentally ill. (of an action or quality) Characterized or caused by...

Mideast Media Sampler 03/18/2013

Posted by David Gerstman on March 18, 2013 4 Comments

Cheerleading the Intifada The New York Times has done it again. Less then two weeks after publishing an intellectual attack against Israel, it publishes an article glorifying physical attacks on Israel. The front page story of yesterday's New York Times Magazine, Is This Where the Third...

“Another conservative in the penal colony of MD”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 18, 2013 4 Comments

Another restless reader in Maryland. From frequent photographer Ulises: Another conservative in the penal colony of MD By the way, is Mark Levin who calls MD a penal colony for conservatives...

Two bad weeks for Obama, in words

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 17, 2013 18 Comments

Matthew Knee, former LI contributor and now at TargetPoint Consulting, sent this infographic showing what people are saying on "the internet" about Obama the past two weeks. It's mostly negative sentiment on several of the most talked about issues (spending cuts, guns, drones, defense, taxes) and...

Whistle-blowing Scientist Sues UCLA for His Job

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 17, 2013 9 Comments

UCLA's Dr. James Enstrom is one of my personal heroes of the "Tea Party" movement. The importance of his work on behalf of Californians cannot be understated. The Environmental Health Sciences professor has been fighting the false science behind some of our state's most onerous regulations for...

NYC Big Soda Ban Just Crazy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 17, 2013 8 Comments

On March 12, 2013 I was a guest on the Mark Carbonaro Show, talking about the Court ruling striking down Bloomberg's Big Soda ban. The decision is available at our earlier post, Sometimes I feel like a soda-less child. ...

Mideast Media Sampler 03/17/2013 – Dump on Thomas Friedman Day

Posted by David Gerstman on March 17, 2013 2 Comments

1) When elephants crash land Recently, I brought up an example of how Professor Barry Rubin handled a mistake. First he admitted it. Then he explained the forces involved. His behavior showed a few things. 1) He is serious about what he has written. 2) He respects his...

Cyprus could / could not happen here (Reader Poll)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 17, 2013 43 Comments

As part of a financial aid package from the European Union, Cyprus is being asked to confiscate up to 10 percent of bank deposits. Cyprus' savers bear brunt of unprecedented bailout The euro zone agreed on Saturday to hand Cyprus a bailout worth 10 billion euros ($13...