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Anti-ICE Church Invaders Chanted Fabricated BLM "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" Slogan

Virginia on Fire: Insane Legislative Blitz on Tax Hikes, Sentencing Rollbacks

"A lot of people mistake this as a fight to save education. It's not. It's a fight to save the country."

Big shock

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on November 17, 2012 5 Comments

UN Watchdog: Iran makes significant nuclear steps How long did we have until the world reached Netanyahu's "red line?" From CNN: Iran has made a significant advancement in its nuclear program with the completion of its underground uranium enrichment facility near the holy city of Qom, according to...

World is burning as Vice President Biden takes up sitcom acting

Posted by Anne Segal on November 17, 2012 15 Comments

Curious what Vice President Joe Biden's been up to, former chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, as we head toward the fiscal cliff, the situation in Israel is escalating, and the Benghazi terrorist attack remains unaddressed? He's acting on an NBC show "Parks and...

Even Unions admit, Unions to blame for Twinkie demise

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on November 17, 2012 24 Comments

The news of Hostess' impending shutdown in the wake of crippling union strikes has struck a chord with many Americans who can't help but feel a connection with the iconic American dessert. On Twitter, 140 character lamentations were posted from around the country causing the words...

HuffPo poll shows 22.8 percent of Americans support their state seceding

Posted by Anne Segal on November 17, 2012 36 Comments

With the news that 50 states now have presented secession petitions on the White House's "We the People" website, Huffington Post conducted their own poll to determine national support for the idea. Four questions were asked to ascertain 1) awarness of secession, 2) support for secession in...

Fordham v. Coulter week at College Insurrection

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 17, 2012 8 Comments

Fordham Republicans v. Coulter: The College Republicans regret the controversy surrounding our planned lecture featuring Ann Coulter. The size and severity of opposition to this event have caught us by surprise and caused us to question our decision to welcome her to Rose Hill...

Federal Judge Shielding Foreign Anti-Israel Campus Activists From Deportation

New Hampshire College Students Divided on Campus Carry Bill

Physicians Raise Concerns About ‘Decolonizing Medicine’ Class at U. Maryland

Arizona School District Suffers Enrollment Loss as Many Parents Choose Charter Schools

CU Boulder Prof Calls U.S. a 'Fascist Authoritarian Regime' in Newsletter

U. Arkansas Rescinds Offer to Law School Dean Over Advocacy for Transgender Athletes

That’s mighty rich of you

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 17, 2012 13 Comments

From AJ, spotted on a Volvo: Saw this in Philly by City Hall. Is the implication that religion is bad and it would be good for the poor to do this? I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the putative owner of this nice...

Gaza Updates

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 16, 2012 10 Comments

Some headlines. Also check out our Israeli blog friends, and the Twitter feed below. ‘Anonymous’ escalates cyber-war against Israel and pro-Israel groups Cabinet OKs 75,000 reservists for possible Gaza operation Senior Hamas terrorist Ahmed Abu Jalal killed in an Israeli air strike in the Maghazi district in central Gaza. Iran’s...

We will not be able to out-liberal liberals in 2016

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 16, 2012 35 Comments

Unfortunately, I have not been able to devote time to the latest hub-bub about Mitt Romney telling donors that free stuff for certain groups lost him the election. That's an oversimplification, there were a variety of factors, but who can deny that free stuff was part...

Israel is at war and the world wants it to pretend otherwise

Posted by Joel Engel on November 16, 2012 15 Comments

Outside of Google Docs, the word collaborator refers to someone who cooperates with an enemy in a time of war. Gazans in general and Hamas in particular consider themselves to be at war with Israel. Via the New York Times: Masked gunmen in Gaza summarily executed a...

Florida Judge denies Allen West request for recount (Update – Canvass Board orders “retabulation” of early votes)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 16, 2012 15 Comments

Via Palm Beach Post: A judge today denied U.S. Rep. Allen West‘s request that he order a recount of 37,379 ballots from early voting in St. Lucie County — effectively leaving the decision up to the county’s canvassing board, which meets today at 4 p.m. Circuit Judge...

“Father McShane isn’t available for an interview, I’m afraid”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 16, 2012 18 Comments

That's the response I have received so far to my multiple requests for an interview with the Fordham University President, Father Joseph M. McShane. Among other things, I wanted to ask him why he chose uniquely to publicly shame the Fordham Republicans and Ann Coulter, while the...

Expect Elizabeth Warren on Senate Judiciary Committee

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 16, 2012 23 Comments

There is a lot of talk about Elizabeth Warren being put on the Senate Banking Committee, a natural if not controversial fit for her. But so far there's very little talk about an additional possibility, that Warren may have a role in the hearings on confirmation of federal...

Shattering the Myth that the Tea Party is Dead

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 16, 2012 24 Comments

As an amateur Egyptologist who occasionally writes about Egypt at the Temple of Mut, my specialty is mummies. So, I know dead things and can say with certainty: The Tea Party is NOT dead. I have been a Tea Party activist since the first nationwide series...

Unions kill Twinkies

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 16, 2012 66 Comments

Ding Dong the company's dead...

Immoral Equivalence

Posted by Joel Engel on November 16, 2012 16 Comments

You can count on the New York Times for the latest in conventional wisdom’s preferred narrative. But this attitude typically reaches its apotheosis when Times reporters do their best to be evenhanded about fighting in the Mideast. Israel and Hamas widened their deadly conflict over Gaza...

Equal Slights

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 16, 2012 10 Comments

From reader Korie, with a subject line "Even in Utah": Saw these on my recent trip to Salt Lake City, Utah and had to send a picture in. All 3 are on the same car. I would have loved to include a picture of the lady pumping...