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When They Say 'Globalize The Intifada' They Mean Like The New Orleans Terrorist Mass Murder

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT): RFK, Jr. "Wants To Kill Our Kids"

Meet the Deflection: Schumer Denies Democrats Misled on Biden’s Decline

Bad facts make bad law, Anwar al-Awlaki edition

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2011 39 Comments

From David Dayen at Firedoglake: We’ll hear this was necessary because of Awlaki’s operational role, and his part played in the Fort Hood massacre and the Christmas Day bombing attempt. In reality, many experts saw Awlaki as a public figurehead, a man who could speak in...

U-Wisc Prof May Not Have Aimed To Misbehave, But Is Busted By PC Police Anyway

Posted by Matthew Knee on September 30, 2011 9 Comments

As Instapundit said, it's Brownshirts vs. Browncoats, as a University of Wisconsin professor displays a poster of an unapproved rebellious figure. 'Firefly' and Anti-Fascism Posters Get Professor Threatened with Criminal Charges on University of Wisconsin Campus MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 26, 2011—A professor has been censored twice, reported to...

UC Berkeley LGBT Activists Seem Disappointed AA Bake Sale Did Not Discriminate Against Them

Posted by Matthew Knee on September 30, 2011 4 Comments

Zombie (via NiceDeb) reports that some in the Berkeley LGBT community were offended that the bake sale did not target them (Of course, they wouldn't be getting preferences under the proposed legislation anyway, so it would be quite odd if anything about the bake sale...

A rising tide week (El Paso)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2011 1 Comment

Seen on a GMC Yukon XL, from reader Danelle, who commented: And El Paso is a Blue County! It's a little fuzzy, but there are some good ones: ...

Dodd-Frank should have made everything free, including lunch

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 29, 2011 19 Comments

The government should have just taken over the banking sector, so we could avoid things like this, The End Of Free Checking? On Sat., Oct. 1, new regulations from the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul go into effect on debit cards. Specifically, they impose price controls on “interchange...

Study Suggests Brown University Radicalized Students Following October 7th

Population Decline is Going to Hurt Higher Education

Historically Black University's Marching Band Scolded by Leftists for Agreeing to Perform at Trump Inauguration

Ron DeSantis Appoints Conservatives to University of West Florida Board

Frat Members at San Diego State U. Charged After Pledge is 'Set on Fire' at Party

Couple That Threw Firebombs at U. Pittsburgh Michael Knowles Event Sentenced to Prison and to Pay Restitution

Anti-Obama Protest Sign Shark Jumped

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 29, 2011 14 Comments

This could not wait for a bumper sticker post, and anyway, no bumper stickers were involved, Anti-Obama sign in Uptown neighborhood draws controversy (h/t reader Leland): NEW ORLEANS -- There are several political signs attracting all kinds of attention in one Uptown neighborhood. On Wednesday, crowds gathered at the...

Farewell to the BlogProf

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 29, 2011 21 Comments

Another excellent conservative blog is lost. I've read and linked to the Blog Prof pretty much since I started Legal Insurrection. In fact, we started our blogs around the same time, and we even picked a similar Blogger template and color scheme (for those of you...

Rumor has it

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on September 29, 2011 4 Comments

Chavez is on his deathbed. (But, of course, the state is in denial.) I don't care much at all for Francis Fukuyama, but his 2006 write-up on Chávez's ascent in WaPo was pretty good. Or, at least, clear: Latin America has indeed witnessed a turn to this...

Iranian Pastor Faces Execution for Refusing to Recant Christian Faith

Posted by Matthew Knee on September 29, 2011 15 Comments

Fox News Reports: An Iranian pastor who has refused to renounce his Christian faith faces execution as early as Wednesday after his sentence was upheld by an Iranian court. Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who maintains he has never been a Muslim as an adult, has Islamic ancestry and...

Redefining Mayoral Roles

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on September 29, 2011 10 Comments

During a United Nations General Assembly summit on non-communicable diseases -- a discussion that included diet and eating habits -- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said “governments at all levels must make healthy solutions the default social option." Bloomberg is a fascist, but we've known...

Politically, Republicans cannot lose a 2012 Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 29, 2011 23 Comments

The Obama administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the 11th Circuit case which found the Obamacare mandate to be unconstitutional. There is no absolute right to appeal to the Supreme Court in this case; the Court decides which cases it will take. Dahlia...

A rising tide week (Virginia, Part 2)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 29, 2011 1 Comment

More from the Clear Brook, Virginia van featured yesterday, from frequent commenter DINORightMarie: ...

Open

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 28, 2011 45 Comments

What's doing? Palin's appearance on Greta last night certainly leaves the impression she's not running, and the reasons she articulated may very well be what she is thinking, not just cover talk: If someone doesn't deeply want it, they should not run. Chris Christie (regardless of his...

A prayer for 5772

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 28, 2011 8 Comments

From Caroline Glick, in a must read post: It's my prayer for coming year that US Jewish community will act with the majority of their fellow Americans to defend Israel. What's most stunning is that such a prayer even is needed. Update: I should have pointed out that...

Norks learn Qaddafi’s lesson: Don’t give up nukes

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 28, 2011 6 Comments

No one could have seen this coming. Via The Telegraph: Diplomatic efforts are under way to revive six-nation talks on the North's nuclear disarmament. South Korea and the United States have held preparatory discussions with the North since July. But Peter Hughes said senior officials there had told...

“Patriotic Millionaires” want you to donate to them

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 28, 2011 21 Comments

At a recent Obama campaign event masquerading as a town hall, an ex-Google executive begged Obama to raise his taxes, to which Obama responded with an Elizabeth Warren-like argument: It turns out the guy was a plant by a group called the Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength,...

Obama’s Israel policy still misguided