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Squeezing California - Equal Protection Project Fighting Higher Ed DEI Discrimination Statewide

State Dept. Links 'Code Pink' and Other Far-Left Groups to the Chinese Communist Party

Harvard Prof Who Chaired 'Institutional Neutrality Group' Advocates 'Resistance' to Trump

NY Times Jim Rutenberg uses blowtorch against Free Beacon while defending Think Progress

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2013 8 Comments

Michael Goldfarb declined to be interviewed "in person" for the article about him being written by Jim Rutenberg of The New York Times. There's no sense in cooperating with people who are out to get you, and Rutenberg was out to get Goldfarb. When the NY...

All the President’s Media

Posted by David Gerstman on February 24, 2013 11 Comments

What happens when the legendary investigative reporter at The Washington Post investigates Obama and reaches findings that do not fit the pro-Obama media narrative? Yesterday Prof. Jacobson tweeted: Woodward basically calls Obama a liar who moved goal posts washingtonpost.com/opinions/bob-w…— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) February 23, 2013 (more, including some...

Time is on our side. Wait, what?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2013 26 Comments

Mediaite has great videos, but there's little reason to read it other than Noah Rothman, who once again makes a good point that time is running out on Obama to do maximum damage achieve his policy goals Most Pundits Miss The GOP’s Biggest Advantage: Time...

Dewey returns to Detroit, can a conservative spring be far behind?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2013 14 Comments

Dewey from Detroit went silent after Election Day 2012. It was a sign of the approaching winter of our discontent, as many conservative blogs either went silent or went on life support with just enough posts to keep them breathing. It hasn't been easy keeping on keeping on,...

That new Senator had a secret list in hand (but it wasn’t Ted Cruz)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2013 33 Comments

The mainstream media, egged on by Democrats, is trying to pin the "McCarthy" label on Ted Cruz. It doesn't matter whether there is a basis, all that matters is that there's a name connection made. It's a meme started by the usual cabal of Democratic politicians and supportive...

Mistrial Declared in Case of Stanford Students Charged After Anti-Israel Protests in 2024

Faculty at Syracuse U. Demand ‘Transparency’ After False Reports of ICE on Campus

CUNY Law Hosting Lecture Framing Hamas Tunnels as Anti-Colonial Resistance

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

Haman’s outrageous fortunes

Posted by David Gerstman on February 24, 2013 15 Comments

There is a discussion in the Talmud about which is the dominant facet to the Megila (The Book of Esther.) Is it the story from the beginning, the story of Achashveirosh, the Persian king at the center of the drama; the story of Mordechai (beginning...

Psychology of an Internet Troll

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2013 18 Comments

Another reader submitted infographic, called Psychology of an Internet Troll. It's too large to post in its entirety, but here are a couple of screen shots which explain a lot: They say not to feed the trolls. But we knew that. ...

He still cannot tell a lie

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2013 9 Comments

And who's Ted? Even bucolic, very liberal, Cooperstown, NY isn't safe from the nefarious anti-Obama bumper sticker. I particularly like poor old George Washington. Can you see him? WTF, indeed. You follow me on twitter, @InpatientMed , an increasingly inpatient physician. Thanks for bringing a little sanity to my...

Saturday Night Card Game (MSNBC not subject to its own language tyranny)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2013 20 Comments

The video below correctly was termed "cringe-worthy" by Noah Rothman at Mediaite. The cringe-worthy part starts around the 2:30 mark when Melissa Harris-Perry asks the panel for their best race jokes. (An edited down version is at Newsbusters if you don't want to sit through it all.) Stop...

Saturday afternoon open

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2013 17 Comments

Slow news day, huh?...

The vast right left-wing conspiracy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2013 53 Comments

For all the trees that have been killed and pixels burned by the mainstream media complaining about the Koch brothers and the vast right-wing conspiracy, the bad news is that the vast left-wing conspiracy is much more effective. Diarest LaborUnionReport at RedState reports on the vast...

San Diego Sheriff’s spokeswoman stereotypes bloggers as “800-pound disabled man that can’t get out of bed and be a journalist”

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 23, 2013 39 Comments

... who sits "with your Apple laptop and your fuzzy slippers"...

Mahatma Gundhi Week at College Insurrection

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2013 9 Comments

What would Mahatma say about college campuses today? From my cold, dead hands: Cornell Student: Gandhi Championed Right to Bear Arms Stanford Student: Colleges Should Allow Concealed Carry U. Iowa Discloses Private Info of Students Who Apply for Gun Permits U. Colorado Removes Crazy List of Tips for Women Facing...

barb’s car

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2013 4 Comments

From Linda, Costco parking lot, Franklin , TN ...

Friday Night Open

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2013 20 Comments

I'm going to torture you now. Because I can. (I left autorun off because I have some small level of mercy.) Update: Woodward basically calls Obama a liar who moved goal posts washingtonpost.com/opinions/bob-w…— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) February 23, 2013 ...

Purim in Tel Aviv before the War

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2013 10 Comments

Purim starts Saturday night. Israel Matzav posted this great movie of Purim in Tel Aviv in 1932-34: The Book of Esther is particularly appropriate now....

Coulter on Stossel shows foolishness of Fordham’s cancellation

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2013 29 Comments

Ann Coulter appeared on the John Stossel show, and the video is getting a lot of attention. There was a vigorous back and forth on a variety of issues. The students in the audience were libertarian, sharing many of the social values of modern liberals without...