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Democrats Think They're Winning Back Men and Rural Voters in 2026

MTG's Exit Interview with The NY Times: Scorn, Self-Pity, and a Rewrite of History

MIT "Womxn" Only Physics and Bio Grad Programs Challenged by Equal Protection Project

Cherokees Demand Truth: Elizabeth Warren must “pay it forward” by admitting she is not one of them

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 24, 2012 22 Comments

From Cherokees Demand Truth from Elizabeth Warren (Facebook group here): From Polly's Grandaughter blog: "But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along.” Elizabeth Warren Now she has the nerve to tell other people...

“… they have food specifically made for cats in America? What a country!”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 24, 2012 44 Comments

Having spent a fair amount of time in the late 1970s and early 1980s studying and traveling in the Soviet Union (where all goods were moved to market on roads paid for by the government, too), I really appreciate both the humor and substance of this post by...

Lemonade stand owners didn’t make it on their own

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 24, 2012 18 Comments

Yesterday I pointed out the lemonade stand image near the end of Scott Brown's "Let America Be America Again" video, with the suggestion the Romney and Brown campaigns run the image with the following parody quote of Obama and Elizabeth Warren: You own a lemonade stand, kid, good...

DiFi accuses White House of classified intel leaks

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 24, 2012 11 Comments

Will Dems manage to stall inquiries into the leak of classified information on sensitive intel operations until November 7? Of all people, Dianne Feinstein is pointing fingers at the White House, via AP: The Democratic leader of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Monday that the White House...

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...

New Ohio Law Banning DEI Goes Into Effect in June

Florida Legislation Would Expand Number of People Who Can Carry Guns on College Campuses

More Than Half of Disability Accommodations at UC-Berkeley Are ’Emotional’

Police Investigating Antisemitic Incidents at Michigan State U.

The Teaching of Western Civilization is Being Neglected at Harvard

New Legislation Would Require Students in New York State to Learn About January 6th

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...

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...