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Lack Of Information About Brown University Murders "Allows a Lot of Speculation to Flourish"

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

Members of Pro-Palestine Group Arrested for Allegedly Plotting New Year's Eve Bombings

Why are people panicking?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2012 82 Comments

The discussion in the video below (h/t jimzinsocal) is pretty good on where the campaign stands. Krauthammer is hard on Romney for failing to score hard blows on Obama over the economy, something echoed by Bill Kristol. Am I concerned? Sure. At least based on chatter, it looks like...

Why doesn’t Obama own some of the job losses between election and inauguration?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2012 50 Comments

Obama endlessly cites the loss of 750,000 "per month" just before he took office, as if that bottom was destined to be continued forever but for Obama. It's the extrapolation fallacy. This video pretty much sums up the theme: Yet why shouldn't Obama own at least some of...

Me on Mark Carbonaro Show talking Obamacare ruling

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2012 4 Comments

I was a guest on the Mark Carbonaro Show (KION 1460 AM Salinas, CA) on July 3, 2012, talking about the Obamcare ruling: ...

Challenge to Boston Phoenix: Defend Elizabeth Warren on Cherokee issue, or drop “right-wing smear machine” accusation

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2012 51 Comments

Last week, David Bernstein of The Boston Phoenix launched a broadside against what he termed the "right-wing smear machine" coming to get Elizabeth Warren, which I highlighted in my post Right wing smear machine to blame for Elizabeth Warren’s Cherokee problem (again). The attack by Bernstein was...

If only the U.N. were merely useless

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2012 31 Comments

How long before the U.N. demands Bernie Madoff be appointed head of the Securities and Exchange Commission: In what one critic called a move akin to placing Bernie Madoff in charge of thwarting fraud on the stock market, Iran has been elected as one of the...

Georgetown Prof Says He Works With 'Stupid White People' in Undercover Video

Harvard Grad Students Create ‘Power Rainbow’ to Teach 3rd Graders About Systemic Oppression

Court Sides With Washington Prof Punished for Mocking University Land Acknowledgment

Membership at Turning Point USA Continues to Grow on College Campuses

Trump Suspends Green Card Program That Allowed Brown U. Shooting Suspect Into U.S.

Yale has Shockingly Low Number of Republican Professors

Obama does not want you messing with his bumper sticker promotion

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2012 10 Comments

The Watchman does not like people who pull pranks on him. From reader Red: not a regular bumper sticker submission, but i love the latin flavor of the punctuation...

That free cup of coffee with Joe Biden may cost you hundreds in taxes

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2012 19 Comments

You know the routine from That $3 dinner with Obama may cost you hundreds in taxes. The Obama campaign lures unsuspecting small donors into entering a contest for a nominal amount (no donation actually required), and only in the fine print discloses the "retail value" of...

Saturday Night Card Game (Dear Chris Rock, you’re welcome)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2012 55 Comments

From Chris Rock: With time standing still, Rock was right. There was slavery in much of the British Colonies, and Independence Day did not end that immediately. It took about 90 years and a civil war to do that, although many slaves gained their freedom in...

Habitat for Whomever

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2012 35 Comments

How do you say "suckaaaaa" in Spanish? My wife saw this on Facebook, regarding someone working on a Habitat for Humanity project in Central America. I just had to grab the screen shot. ...

Allen West called a bad name by someone who says “I’m not a f*g f***er”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2012 24 Comments

Not that this is very surprising. Notice how the perp complains that conservatives are "anti-gay," yet wants Javier Manjares of The Shark Tank to know that the perp is not gay, "I'm not a fag fucker." (at 2:30) How enlightened. Via The Shark Tank (language warnings throughout) ...

Important message from the Alaska DOT

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2012 23 Comments

From KTUU in Anchorage, Alaska: Several electronic road construction signs around Anchorage were hacked late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning, according to the state Department of Transportation. Signs that normally display closure and detour information, like the one on Minnesota Drive near 100th Avenue, were changed...

Elizabeth Warren’s husband also claimed to be Cherokee (Update: Another plagiarized recipe?)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2012 34 Comments

Just a little fact to continue shedding light on the claim by Elizabeth Warren to be Cherokee. Want to know how easily the claim to be Cherokee was thrown around? While it's been noted that Warren's husband, Bruce Mann, submitted recipes to the Pow Wow Chow cookbook, no...

Just say NO

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2012 4 Comments

We have had many bumper stickers with the "O" logo, but none so simple and direct as just saying "NO". From reader Tracy: We took this photo tonight in the middle of the crosswalk linking Davidson College to the Davidson Village Green. Davidson is a liberal bastion,...

Stop it at 20 seconds

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2012 23 Comments

This is the first ad as part of Crossroads GPS $25 million ad buy. The first 20 seconds are powerful. Listening to Obama make excuses is powerful mockery, the most effective kind because it's his own lame words. The last 10 seconds were not nearly as effective...

Zimmerman out on bail thanks to $20k more in donations

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2012 52 Comments

George Zimmerman posted a $1 million bond, and walked out of jail this afternoon. According to The Orlando Sentinel: Zimmerman posted the $1 million bond thanks in part to the $20,000 in donations raised since Thursday when Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. set the bond amount. Visit msnbc.com...

Why is Cong. Jesse Jackson, Jr. still MIA?

Posted by Anne Segal on July 06, 2012 31 Comments

Why is Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., still MIA? And why is his office issuing vague statements instead of disclosing to his constituents just what is going on with their Congressman? That's what everyone is starting to ask after the U.S. Representative (D-IL) continues his absence from...

Ted Cruz surging to lead?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2012 19 Comments

Via Roll Call, the Cruz campaign has released the results of an internal poll which shows Cruz in the lead: Ted Cruz led Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst by 9 points in a recent internal poll conducted for the former Texas solicitor general’s campaign, a Cruz source...