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"We view ourselves as the cop on the beat" to get DEI discrimination out of higher ed

Crybully Tucker Carlson Claims Detained At Ben Gurion Airport - US Embassy and Israelis Deny

Democrats to Defy Leadership With Protests for Trump's State of the Union

Not watching, do not care (Sandy Hook School choir video added)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2013 38 Comments

Just thought you'd want to know. I'll try to add some links as the night goes on. Updates: I will not see it, but the idiot malicious nasty fascist anti-Semitic sick-in-the-head BDS movement tried to get all commercials by SodaStream banned from the Super Bowl because it's an...

Turkish Prime Minister drops what little is left of his moderate mask

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2013 5 Comments

Just yesterday I pointed out that the Turkish gov’t again proves how far it has slipped, after its Foreign Minister again lashed out at Israel in overtly religious terms Don't blame the Foreign Minister, the anti-Israel rhetoric emanates from the top, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan,...

I liked it so much

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2013 24 Comments

I decided to make Patricia's manipulation -- contrary to Executive Order -- of the Obama skeet shooting shot our header at Facebook. (In case the feds ask, I'm not ratting out who "Patricia" is, and there's nothing they can do to make me talk, except maybe offering...

Illinois Democrat judge who was just reelected to plead insanity

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2013 27 Comments

You can't make this stuff up, and in Illinois, you don't need to. Illinois is like my home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, only bigger and badder. Via John Ruberry at Marathon Pundit: Last fall Judge Cynthia Brim [recieved] barely the necessary "Yes" votes to...

“Co-opting today’s native struggle to the Palestinian propaganda war is a fallacy”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2013 8 Comments

I witnessed first hand in law school in the early 1980s the concerted and planned effort by "Palestinians" to co-opt indigenous rights movements to the anti-Israeli cause. The push was led by people like George Bisharat, now a law professor at UC-Hastings Law School and self-identified Palestinian-American...

UCLA Cancels Campus Talk by Bari Weiss After Students Petition Against It

UC-Davis Hosting Workshop on How Microaggressions 'Perpetuate Stereotypes'

Lewis University Cancels In-Person Classes Because ICE Worked Nearby

Glossary at Boston U. Teaching Hospital Says ‘Biology’ Doesn’t Define Sex

Women’s and Gender Studies Programs are Part of Trump's DEI Purge in Higher Ed

Ohio State U. Professor Faces Charges for Allegedly Assaulting Filmmaker

Legal Insurrection goes local

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2013 2 Comments

As mentioned during Our own inauguration day, the focus this year is local: ...

Saturday Night Card Game (Congrats Karen Finney, you made Goldie Taylor look like the voice of reason)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2013 17 Comments

And that's not a good thing if you are Karen Finney of MSNBC, who dropped the Cracker bomb, which got barely a notice on MSNBC because it's MSNBC, via Mediaite: During a conversation about the Democratic Party’s strategic ability to isolate Republicans as the conservative party...

Saturday afternoon open

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2013 54 Comments

Seems like there's a fair amount doing. This seems to be getting a lot of attention: POTUS shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David on Aug. 4, 2012. bit.ly/WlDMYG— Jay Carney (EOP) (@PressSec) February 2, 2013 There's not much more I can add to that except...

Turkish gov’t again proves how far it has slipped

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2013 11 Comments

We don't know what or why Israel carried out a secretive bombing mission in Syria earlier this week. Speculation runs from hitting advanced anti-aircraft missiles on their way to Hezbollah, to a biological or chemicals weapons institute, to other unnamed but sufficiently important targets. One thing we...

Scott Brown’s important place in history

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2013 26 Comments

Scott Brown never misrepresented himself or his intentions....

“Leading By Example” Week at College Insurrection

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2013 2 Comments

Fine example you're setting College President Personally Smacked with $50,000 Bill for Violating Constitution Bucknell misreported test scores to US News for 6 years Loyola University Prof. Forces Students to Attend Lecture by Van Jones U. of Michigan removes Christian campus group for not allowing gays/lesbians in leadership Prof Big...

All in

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2013 6 Comments

That was the subject line in the email from reader R. This "all in" bumper was spotted in Boise, ID: ...

Iran monkey space launch fake?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2013 23 Comments

Those are the reports. Via Ynet: Just four days after Iran proudly announced it had successfully launched a monkey into space – a move seen as proof of a technological breakthrough which may help the Islamic Republic advance its nuclear program, London's Times newspaper is questioning the...

Happy Birthday, Andrew Breitbart

Posted by Anne Segal on February 01, 2013 19 Comments

Today would have been Andrew Breitbart's 44th birthday; he passed away last year on March 1, 2012. I think there's another facet of his experience that we ought to appreciate on his birthday. Andrew spoke often of his conversion from living a life outside of the political...

Scott Brown not running? Update — confirmed, campaign issues statement

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2013 21 Comments

So says Howie Carr writing in The Boston Herald (h/t Hot Air) in a scoop. Scott Brown will not run for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by John Kerry, a source close to the senator tells the Herald. Update: The campaign just issued this statement: SCOTT BROWN STATEMENT...

The Insurrection’s all over the place

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2013 12 Comments

I'm interviewed in The Washington Times Communities section, with a fairly nice description and graphic: Since it went online during late 2008, Legal Insurrection has established itself as a unique legal blog. With a focus on current events, and analyzation of these from a distinctively center-right...

Is Rahm losing his grip on the city of Chicago?

Posted by Anne Segal on February 01, 2013 26 Comments

Last Sunday, I attended a candidate forum with those seeking to replace Cong. Jesse Jackson, Jr. at Reverend Wright's former church (he's still Pastor Emeritus), Trinity United Church of Christ. 22 candidates have filed to replace the mentally ill congressman, 17 Democrats and 5 Republicans....