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Biden's last-minute pardons "proved beyond any doubt that there really was a Biden crime family"

Trump's Merit-Based DEI Executive Order Is A Sledgehammer

Cal State Alters Systemwide Program Excluding Whites and Women Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Did they really chant “you can have sex with animals or whatever”?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 10, 2011 29 Comments

Is there anything #OccupyWallStreet protesters will not chant responsively? Apparently not. "Jump the shark" doesn't begin to describe this sequence of responsive chanting (I think they call it human microphone or whatever). We saw the responsive chanting at Occupy Atlanta, but this one takes the cake, as the...

Rhode Island’s Pension Cliff

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 10, 2011 9 Comments

I know you know about Rhode Island's public sector employee pension problem, because I've posted about it so many times. But take a look at this chart which shows how household contributions to public sector pensions (state employees and teachers) is expected to climb to just over...

Counterweight Only Swing States In The General

Posted by Matthew Knee on October 10, 2011 14 Comments

I would like to propose an additional criterion for Operation Counterweight, for those that want to ensure a more conservative congress to go along with a Romney presidency (It's pretty clear that's the contingency that OC is preparing for, so let's talk in those...

The ignorance of the masses – Soviet flag at #OccupyPhiladelphia

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 10, 2011 16 Comments

We've seen this before, at the celebration of Obama's victory in 2008, where students unfurled the Soviet flag in celebration. I chalked that up to profound historical ignorance, much like the chic wearing of Che Guevara and Mao t-shirts. The carrying of the Soviet flag at the Occupy...

#OccupyWallStreet: No masks for you

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 10, 2011 6 Comments

You may not know it, but the internet hacking group Anonymous helped launch the Occupy Wall Street movement with a video released in late August:. During the initial protests in New York, protesters attempted to use masks similar to those used in the video, but were...

Syracuse University Prof Worries That if Trump Limits LGBT Topics, She Won't Have Anything to Teach About

Northeastern U. Hosting Party to Celebrate New Abortion Pills on Campus

Columbia University Increasing Security After Anti-Israel Protesters Barged Into Classroom

Conservative Student Newspaper at Harvard Wins Fight to Distribute on Campus

Sonoma State University Makes Massive Cuts and Ends Athletics

Georgetown U. Looking to Hire Transgender Studies Literature Professor

What do you mean “what if?”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 10, 2011 7 Comments

When this sticker was put on the car, the owner probably figured things were not yet out of control. But after three weeks of #OccupyMadness, no question mark is needed. From Larry in Miami (who must have been stopped on the interstate when he took this...

Worst. #OccupyWallStreet. Advice. Ever.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2011 10 Comments

On October 7, self-styled Occupy Wall Street reporter Allison Burtch, the proponent of "progressive stack" speech control, gave this advice to the #OccupyWallStreet movement: Which goes to prove, don't wish too hard for something, you just might get it....

#OccupyFraud

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2011 15 Comments

I've warned you not to take at face value the depictions of the protesters at the Occupy Wall Street rallies. Andrew Cole, the focus of a sympathetic New York Times article, turned out to be a pretty hard core solicialist (by his own description) and former...

In praise of 300,000 peaceful protesters in 350 locations

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2011 14 Comments

No, not Occupy Wall Street or Occupy anything. That was the estimate by Nate Silver (then of 538 blog, now of The NY Times) of the April 15, 2009 Tax Day Tea Parties. Silver noted the upward adjustment of the Tea Party rally in Atlanta from...

PDS found Palin, Palin didn’t find PDS

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2011 18 Comments

From Crawdad Hole written by frequent commenter myiq2xu: I guess the people like Andy Sullivan and his ilk are gonna be unhappy, because Sarah apparently has no intention of going away. I have to wonder what would have happened if they had just left her alone...

Operation Counterweight, the electoral strategy for the rest of us

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2011 34 Comments

Thanks to commenter Mutnodjmet for reminding me: PS. Just to let you know, in light of Palin’s decision, I am promoting OPERATION COUNTERWEIGHT quite heavily. The reference is to my post in early June, Commence Operation Counterweight: Why do I have this feeling that the back-stabbing and petty politics...

They can’t handle the glass

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2011 13 Comments

This bumper stick disproves that bumper sticker "I think, therefore I'm liberal." Because the person who drives this car proves just the opposite. Thanks to reader Ken, who writes: Saw this bumper sticker today in suburban Kansas City (on the Kansas side) and snapped a pic. I...

Saturday Night Card Game (Dominant progressive white males in the #OccupyWallStreet mist)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2011 32 Comments

This is the latest in a serieson the use of the race card for political gain: #OccupyWallStreet has been the subject of numerous posts here, including the NY Times' poster child who wasn't, the influence of big labor, and the now-obligatory video of the anti-Jew guy. But...

#OccupyWallStreet TwitPic of the Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2011 8 Comments

Addressing claims that Occupy Wall Street is the American Arab Spring: ...

Open

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2011 14 Comments

Various and sundry: John Hinderaker finishes up his take-down of the Bloomberg hit piece on the Koch Brothers. We are on a track, just not the right track - CBO: Deficit is on track to be $1.3 trillion. If he had focused more on Windmills! and less on...

A good heuristic

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on October 08, 2011 3 Comments

to judge bad ideas is to look at how many Princeton philosophy and Columbia professors support it...

I’m sitting next to the phone

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2011 25 Comments

that never rings, and the e-mail account that never pings, from politicians seeking my highly influential support. Via AP, Romney, Perry try to recruit Christie, Palin fans: Rivals Rick Perry and Mitt Romney are furiously scurrying to recruit heartbroken holdouts who had hoped GOP celebrities Chris Christie...