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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

#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...

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

U.S. Dept. of Education Takes Action to Eliminate DEI Policies

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...

We will fight them in the textbooks, we will fight them in the dictionaries, we will …

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2011 17 Comments

He who defines the terms, controls the debate. There is no better example than "social justice," a term which as defined by academia and the media means left-wing policies, setting conservatives back on their heels. Who could be against "social justice"? Thanks to reader Luke in Oakton, Virginia, who...

#OccupyWallStreet Large Tweet of the Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2011 18 Comments

Large law firms. Oh sure, they'll give thousands of pro bono hours fighting for the rights of Gitmo detainees, but remember why they are Large law firms. They have Large corporate clients including Large Banks and Large Investment Banks and Large Broker-Dealers who pay them Large Legal Fees so they...