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Simon Cowell was swatted yesterday, via L.A. Weekly: Simon Cowell is the latest victim of a "swatting" prank, according to reports and authorities. Someone called Beverly Hills cops and said someone "had been tied up with duct tape and needed assistance" at the local home of the X Factor...

My first reaction when I read this over at Instapundit: THERE’S A REASON IT’S CALLED GIRLS, AND NOT WOMEN: The show’s main character, played by Dunham herself, embodies all of this. In the first scene of the pilot, when her parents tell her they won’t be paying...

and that's all that matters. From Linda in Tennessee: ...

For the top prize as the Worst-Run State. Via Yahoo Finance (h/t Danelle), California is the worst-run state, with Rhode Island just behind: 49. Rhode Island > Debt per capita: $9,018 (3rd highest) > Budget deficit: 13.4% (28th largest) > Unemployment: 11.3% (3rd highest) > Median household income: $53,636 (17th highest) >...

Meteorologists who examine their prognosticative skill often notice a curious phenomena.  Forecasts for snow on December Twenty-fourths and Twenty-fifths have higher probabilities than forecasts for Twenty-sixths or Twenty-sevenths.  This disparity is inverted on the Fourth of July, where probabilities for rain are lower than for the...

I really try not to get into Twitter arguments. But when Bridgette Dunlap of Fordham Law School objected to my tweet linking to an article at The Daily Caller, OPINION: Shame and censorship at Fordham, well, I took the bait. Bridgette, a post-graduate public interest Fellow, was one...

From a reader this morning. Perhaps in response to my post. Dear Professor Jacobson: I'm not sure quite how or when I discovered your excellent blog, but I am certainly glad that I did, and that you are writing it. So, thank you. As an interested reader, I appreciate...

Somehow I don't think the driver believes this bumper sticker applies to him. Spotted in Ithaca: ...

Not THAT again. More "right-wing epistemic closure" rhetoric.  It's all the rage these days in the wake of Mitt Romney's loss (keeping a large House majority and gaining in the States conveniently is ignored or belittled). The theory goes that the "right wing" lives in a media...

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Gaza! Egypt! Actually, the heavy fighting is in Syria, and it is not looking good for Assad (still). Syrian rebels reportedly seize major dam in north Syrian Rebels Seize Military Base Syrian rebels destroy Assad’s radar station facing Israel Syrian rebels struggle to keep regime Air Force on the ground Don't...