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Feds should bring "a good, strong case against a mayor or a governor interfering with ICE operations"

Kamala Harris Rebrands Headquarters as a 'Gen-Z Progressive Content Hub'

Tongva Tribe Reminds Billie Eilish That Her Mansion Sits on Its Land

Bwahaha

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 11, 2013 21 Comments

Now they tell them! President Obama's enemies often accuse him, in the starkest political terms, of crudely acting to shift resources toward his political base: Green energy donors; single women; Latinos; African-Americans. But the next 12 months are likely to reveal the opposite. Imminent elements of Obama's...

The real Robert Menendez scandal emerging

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 11, 2013 11 Comments

It's not just about Dominican prostitutes (which he still denies). It's about questionable business connections, as reported by Michael Patrick Leahy at Breitbart.com, The Corrupt Origins of the Melgen-Menendez Dominican Port Security Deal: The saga of the Dominician port security deal that has embroiled Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ)...

CNN anchorwoman gets a failing mark in climate science

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 11, 2013 22 Comments

People have been very interested in recent reports that highlight studies confirming the theory that an asteroid impact killed off the dinosaurs: [A]n international team of researchers, using the most precise dating methods currently available, have determined that while the asteroid impact wasn’t the only thing...

“Zero Tolerance For Drones”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 11, 2013 7 Comments

I wonder why the owner doesn't have that bumper sticker? Oh, right. From Max in At least they have a flag in the back window That's saying something, for Manhattan. ...

Lend Blazing Cat Fur a hand

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2013 2 Comments

In early January I wrote about the lawfare being waged against Blazing Cat Fur, the Canadian blog, Support Blazing Cat Fur. The litigation is over, but the substantial legal bills remain. You would be doing a good thing if you lent them a hand. Contribute to the Blazing Cat...

Staffers Cut Ties With Notre Dame Over Hiring of Abortion Advocate

Prof Warns Blowing Whistles to Alert Others to ICE Could ‘Retraumatize’ Hispanics

U. Minnesota Arrests 67 at Hotel Protest of ICE

Temple U. Student Who 'Assisted Don Lemon' Charged in Church Storming Case

Erika Kirk Urges Judge to Keep Tyler Robinson Murder Trial Open to Public

Supreme Court has Changed the Racial Mix in College Enrollment

What if you had an open Senate seat and almost no Republicans wanted it?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2013 25 Comments

That's pretty much the situation in Massachusetts, as summarized by Jazz Shaw at Hot Air, MA GOP throwing in the towel on Kerry seat? Is Massachusetts still in play for elections on the state-wide level? If you asked anyone in the heady days of the 2010...

The Depopulation Bomb

Posted by Joel Engel on February 10, 2013 19 Comments

On the syllabus of my Econ 101 class was Paul Ehrlich’s The Population Bomb. This being a year or two after the book’s publication, our class discussions weren’t debates about the veracity of the book’s thesis: In the 1970's the world will undergo famines—hundreds of millions...

Dr. Benjamin Carson, Sr., has them mostly silent

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2013 38 Comments

On Friday we featured the Stand Up and Cheer speech by Dr. Benjamin Carson, Sr. The speech has received widespread coverage in the right-media, but I've notice the left-media, which normally will viciously attack black conservatives, is relatively silent. (I could only find one fourth-tier bottom...

Near complete gun bans by a thousand regulations

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2013 33 Comments

In Heller v. D.C. and McDonald v. Chicago, the Supreme Court made clear that sweeping gun bans are unconstitutional. In response, we are seeing a new trend -- don't "ban" guns, but make it so costly, burdensome, and fraught with legal risk of an innocent mistake...

Obamaphones is a life philosophy, not a thing

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

Aleister at American Glob, who helps at College Insurrection, posted the video below in honor of College Insurrection's 1000th post. The video is via CampusReform.org. You see, Obamaphones is a life philosophy, not a thing. And it's not just in Cleveland. (language warning) ...

I should have watched the Super Bowl

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2013 9 Comments

Because if I had, I would have seen the Dodge "So God Made A Farmer" commercial, and this parody by the very hot (as in doing good work and getting attention, not as in "hot" hot) SooperMexican would have made me laugh even harder the...

You can hide, but you can’t run

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2013 8 Comments

From reader J, spotted in Charlottesville, VA: From the Berkeley of the Blue Ridge, along comes a person who really "gets it...

Pray for the water pipes of Rhode Island

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 09, 2013 36 Comments

Much of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is without power as the result of the Snowzilla/Snowmaggedon/Blizzapocalypse of 2013. Including my house. Pray for our water pipes. Update 2-10-2013 9 a.m. -- They're still dripping. One of the few times a drip is a good thing. and...

Saturday Night Card Game (Sometimes a monkey joke is just a monkey joke)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 09, 2013 23 Comments

Mahmood Ahmadinejad wants to ride a rocket into space in place of a monkey. Pretty funny if you ask me, and actually I'm in favor of it. Load him up and let him fly. John McCain thought it was pretty funny too, and tweeted (via Twitchy) So Ahmadinejad...

Where did we go so wrong as a nation that laughing about and celebrating abortion became hip?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 09, 2013 39 Comments

Really. It has nothing to do with whether you support a woman's "right" to choose. One can support or not oppose that "right" and still appreciate the gravity of the decision, and understand that a child never was born. At what point in the development of the nation did we...

Every now and then someone at The New Yorker writes something witty

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 09, 2013 8 Comments

Not often anymore, mostly just hack attacks on Republicans. But this is good, even if it does take a gratuitous shot at Dick Cheney, Andy Borowitz, U.S. Cancels Regular Drone Strikes on Saturdays: WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Citing budgetary concerns, the United States announced today that it would...

College Insurrection reaches 1000

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 09, 2013 1 Comment

Today marked the 1000th post at College Insurrection, CA schools give up teaching algebra in 8th grade. Thanks to Aleister of American Glob and Leslie Eastman of Temple of Mut (and Legal Insurrection) for their help in creating and aggregating content daily. Thanks also to our guest...