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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

An ECB? No, WCB

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on September 16, 2011 10 Comments

A committee of economists have proposed "the creation of an International Monetary Policy Committee composed of representatives of major central banks that will report regularly to world leaders on the aggregate consequences of individual central bank policies." And who will run this? Why, a committee of...

Why do these people feel no fear of bragging about assaulting a lawmaker?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 16, 2011 42 Comments

Consider this part of the "Why do these people ...

Joe the Ford Buyer

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 16, 2011 21 Comments

Would anyone consider it "unexpected" if a variety of federal governmental agencies subjected Ford to a regulatory colonoscopy because of this commercial, which has clear political overtones. Of course, they will not phrase it that way, it will be to "save the environment" or "protect children"...

Should Congress Prohibit Parts Sales For U.S. Arms Reprogrammed To See Our Allies As Enemies?

Posted by Matthew Knee on September 16, 2011 7 Comments

A followup to Professor Jacobson's Turkey Roundup: Hot Air reports: According to Turkish press, as quoted by Ynet, the Turkish air force will be fitting its F-16 fighter jets with new IFF systems, which will not treat the signal from an Israeli IFF transponder as friendly, and will...

It’s not about the Gardasil

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 16, 2011 83 Comments

See dissent is patriotic. I disagree with Matt Knee's post earlier quoting Megan McArdle and Bryon Preston on the Rick Perry Gardasil issue. It's not a huge issue for me, but it's also not a health care issue since it's a question of the mandatory nature. The question...

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

Ohio College Students Protest Bill That Would Ban DEI Policies

Megan McArdle and Byran Preston’s Definitive Defenses Of Rick Perry On Gardasil

Posted by Matthew Knee on September 16, 2011 36 Comments

First McArdle on Gardisil: As it happens, the arguments in favor of Gardasil are pretty strong: HPV causes most of the cervical cancer in this country. Gardasil and Cervarix, the two approved HPV vaccines, protect against the two most common strains, which together cause about 70% of...

Dangerous Turkey

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 16, 2011 4 Comments

Turkish Prime Minsister Erdogan's agitation show no signs of letting up. He's back to threats of military confrontation with Israel: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday Israel could not do whatever it wanted in the eastern Mediterranean and that Turkish warships could be there at...

Schlock and not much awe anymore

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 16, 2011 3 Comments

Obama being mocked almost as much as Sarah Palin. The end is near: ...

Electoral electroshock

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 16, 2011 14 Comments

The NY-09 and NYV-02 election results were like electroshock therapy for Democrats who worry about party before party leader, and fear a convulsion in 2012 more complete than in 2010. Imagine the election returns coming in Tuesday night as senior Democrats watched in horror, and then imagine Jack...

He was 5’10”, brown eyes, wearing an Obama ’08 bumper sticker

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 16, 2011 4 Comments

It seemed so dreamy and historic at the time. You just had to put one of those on your car, and it didn't quite work out for you, now did it? (h/t reader Linda): A paroled killer’s “Obama” bumper sticker was the break that helped cops nab the man...

Guess where: “a man dumped a beer over the head of a state lawmaker”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 15, 2011 22 Comments

Three Republican lawmakers were confronted in a Madison, Wisconsin restaurant by a man who poured beer over them when a bartender stopped him from videotaping (via Wisconsin Reporter): Madison Police responded to a disturbance at the Inn on the Park, 22 S. Carroll St., Wednesday night after a man dumped...

Democrats Cultivate Fear, Anti-Evangelical Hostility, To Drive Jewish Vote

Posted by Matthew Knee on September 15, 2011 13 Comments

While a perfect storm allowed Republicans to capture NY-9, possibly the most Jewish congressional district in the country, further progress in gaining Jewish support for GOP candidates will require confronting very different mechanisms than simply emphasizing support for Israel. As best explained in the book Partisan Hearts...

Hey Authoritarians, Need a Western Ego-Boost?

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on September 15, 2011 12 Comments

Then come to New York! Even if you're a "petty and cruel dictator," an Ivy-League school will still be interested in your time: A group of Columbia University students may be attending a private dinner with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who will be in New York City...

“Sorry, we thought you were a Jew”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 15, 2011 29 Comments

Here's your "Arab Spring" and "Arab Street" for you. From a BBC correspondent (h/t Daily Dish): While walking in the street someone pushed me from behind with such force that I nearly fell over. Turning around, I found myself surrounded by five men, one of whom tried to punch...

In October 2008, Jesse Jackson told us to expect a change in Israel policy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 15, 2011 7 Comments

Dan Senor has a great article in The Wall Street Journal about how fundamentally Obama weakened our support of Israel, and Matthew Knee is following up here on the Obama's administration's belated push to shore up support in the Jewish community after the NY-09 Democratic debacle in which...

Dems’ Jewish Vote Freakout May Lead Them Into A Trap

Posted by Matthew Knee on September 15, 2011 8 Comments

As Drudge aggressively teased all day yesterday, the front page of today's New York Times reports that in light of the Republican upset in NY-9, the Democratic Party is redoubling its efforts to woo Jewish voters, and plans a coordinated pushback on Israel issues. I say...

NY Times review: Yeah, Joe McGinniss is a sleaze

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 15, 2011 20 Comments

Yesterday The National Enquirer and the blog equivalents (Wonkette, Gawker, TBogg) ran two hot button headlines about Sarah Palin based on a preview of a book written by creepy stalker Joe McGinniss. You know the allegations, so it's not worth repeating (see Robert Stacy McCain's...