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Harvard Program Caught Trying To Hide Discriminatory Language After Complaint Filed By Equal Protection Project

Homan: DHS Investigating Ilhan Omar Marrying Alleged Brother for Visa Fraud

UVA Law Prof Describes Outrageous Behavior From Colleagues Over Case He Argued Before SCOTUS

10 sq. miles of bumper stickers surrounded by reality

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 24, 2012 26 Comments

I previously photographed this vehicle near my house in Ithaca, but reader and friend T.P. Hobbit recently photographed it with a brand new baby bumper sticker on the left rear corner: I've seen most of these before but not the "Criminalize Fracking" one on the upper...

Elizabeth Warren damages two campaigns with one rant

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 23, 2012 29 Comments

Elizabeth Warren's viral rant about evil factory owners who live off others has damaged the Obama campaign, which foolishly inserted similar language into the teleprompter which then was read by Obama. The "you didn't build that" narrative was more than a single line, it was an...

Sally Ride, R.I.P.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 23, 2012 13 Comments

Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, passed away today from pancreatic cancer. She was 61. Her ride in space took place in 1983. Not quite three years later the vehicle she flew, Challenger, exploded shortly after take off. ...

Where’s Rick? A rebuttal

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 23, 2012 31 Comments

This is a GUEST POST, at my invitation, by commenter Karen Sacandy in response to my post Where's Rick? ---------------------------------------------- Criticism has been leveled at Sen. Rick Santorum, that he’s not doing enough for Gov. Romney to defeat Obama. From my vantage point, that view misses a lot. Political junkies...

Comeback to “you didn’t build that” – Romney praised athletes’ families, coaches and sports teams

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 23, 2012 28 Comments

Obama's "you didn't build that" line as part of a broader speech about how successful individuals owe that success to government has dug deep into the psyche of Obama supporters. MSNBC dug up an old video of Mitt Romney speaking at the opening ceremonies of the 2002...

40 Percent of Undergrads at Stanford Now Receive Disability Accommodations

New Pro-Life Group at U. Southern Maine Faces Vicious Harassment

Antifa Aligned Prof to Teach Seminars at Rutgers This Spring

Florida Bill Would Limit Number of Foreign Students at State Universities

Orientation at Amherst College Allegedly Included Students Mimicking Sex Acts

Trump Education Dept. Announces They've Prevented More Than a Billion in Student Aid Fraud

Syria threatens to use WMD which are figment of neocons’ imagination

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 23, 2012 38 Comments

From darling of the anti-Israel Jewish left, Richard Silverstein, Israel Invents Syrian WMD Threat, IDF Commanders Threaten Intervention: Syria appears to be entering an even more chaotic and dangerous period in its civil war now that Israeli officials are concocting potential threats that must be addressed by...

Penn State penalties (Reader Poll)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 23, 2012 103 Comments

The NCAA has imposed the following penalties on Penn State, via WaPo: Penn State was socked with a four-year postseason ban, the loss of 40 scholarships over four years and a $60 million fine stemming from its coverup in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child...

Cut it out

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 23, 2012 44 Comments

I missed this last week as I was traveling in California.. Sarah Silverman, who goes from creating contrived outrage to contrived outrage, is a big supporter of Barack Obama and a big hater of Sheldon Adelson for funding SuperPACs aligned against Obama and Democrats. So in keeping...

Charge of the latte brigade

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 23, 2012 12 Comments

From reader Judy: Saw this car in St. Charles, MO. Notice the nifty home-made bumper stickers on the very expensive car! The stickers say: “Offshore” Mitt Emily’s List Stands for Women Dressage? Give me a break! Not a Republican (Really?) Bin Laden is dead GM is alive ...

Ted Cruz supporters need to get out the vote — starting with early voting Monday

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 22, 2012 19 Comments

Time to go for the big win...

Joe Paterno statue removed in advance of Monday’s NCAA sanctions

Posted by Anne Segal on July 22, 2012 72 Comments

A statue of former Penn State coach Joe Paterno was taken down Sunday from outside the university's football stadium. A report from Louis Freeh that detailed the far-reaching coverup of child sex abuse by Jerry Sandusky led the university to remove the statue, announced earlier...

Oh Canada

Posted by Anne Segal on July 22, 2012 36 Comments

Robin Williams once said of Canada, "it's like a loft apartment overlooking a really great party." But a study released this week said that while the U.S. has been partying, it appeared that Canadians' net worth had leaped ahead of Americans': The average Canadian has quietly...

Remembering Chicago’s victims

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 22, 2012 47 Comments

A mass murder like Aurora, Colorado, naturally grabs the headlines and attention, as it should. A presidential recognition of the murders is appropriate. Yet more than twice as many people have been murdered this month in the president's hometown of Chicago than were killed in the Aurora shooting. They...

Still legal in Texas

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 22, 2012 11 Comments

From reader Charles: I have been reading your blog for some time and enjoy your bumper sticker feature. I found this one in a parking lot in Irving, Texas (I live in Fort Worth). ...

Saturday Night Card Game (Analysis: Colorado shooter likely not wingnut because didn’t target gays, Muslims or foreigners)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 21, 2012 70 Comments

We're making progress, of sorts. Not everyone jumped in with Brian Ross and ABC News in trying to link Colorado shooter James Holmes to the Tea Party. One left-wing blogger quickly wrote that he did not suspect a Tea Party connection because, in his view, a real wingnut...

Elizabeth Warren’s Google search term problem

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 21, 2012 13 Comments

I have posted about Elizabeth Warren't Google search bar auto-fill problem both in the United States and Japan. I recently discovered the Google Insights for Search tool, which provides information gathered by Google based on search terms As opposed to the auto-fill problem, this doesn't measure what...

When political correctness runs amok, it will look like the Mayor of Boston

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 21, 2012 74 Comments

The Mayor of Boston thinks he has the right to deny business permits to a business if he doesn't like the views of the owners of the business on gay marriage. From The Boston Herald: Mayor Thomas M. Menino is vowing to block Chick-fil-A from bringing its...