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Kulaks Beware: Mamdani Orders Public Hearings To Shame "Ripoff" NYC Landlords

Tim Walz Drops Out of Minnesota Governor Race

Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan Resigns After Felony Conviction

Ahmadinejad comes close to claiming credit for Bulgaria bombing as victims buried (Update)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2012 11 Comments

Israel has accused Iran through Hezbollah of being behind the bombing of a tourist bus in Bulgaria. Iran's President came pretty close yesterday to claiming responsibility even as Iran formally denies involvement, via Times of Israel: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gloated publicly on Thursday over the deaths of...

About those polls

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2012 48 Comments

Jay Cost doesn't see malevolent intent, just a history of oversampling Democrats consistently across a variety of polling organizations: The clear answer is: they skew Democratic. In fact, every recent registered voter poll with party spreads I could identify had a Democratic advantage that exceeded the...

Judge rules NYC transit unlawfully banned pro-Israel, anti-Jihad poster

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2012 12 Comments

A federal judge has invalidated a New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority ban on a pro-Israel, anti-Jihad poster, because the standard the MTA applied -- whether an advertisement was "demeaning" to certain groups -- was unconstitutional because it discriminated on the basis of content of speech...

Reaction building to Obama’s “you didn’t build that” speech

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2012 57 Comments

Reaction to Obama's imitation of Elizabeth Warren is, um, building. Bristol Palin is collecting stories at her blog from people around the country, some of which are in this video The Romney campaign is out with t-shirts (h/t jimzinsocal): There's also a parody site, You didn't build that...

Aurora, CO shooting (Update: ABC News in damage control mode)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2012 101 Comments

A gunman identified as James Holmes killed 12 people at the opening of the new Batman movie. Details still are unclear as to who he is, but ABC News already has blamed the Tea Party because there is someone with a similar name who is a...

Conservative Legal Group Urges DOJ Probe of Top Research University Over Alleged Illegal DEI Practices

Purdue U. Northwest Claims it Can't Find Any Americans to Teach Marketing Classes for $127,000

Brown University Killer Recorded Video Confessions After Shootings

Rider University Creates $2M ‘Hope’ Fund to Help Students Pay Tuition as it Faces Cuts, Layoffs

CU Boulder Prof Claims Trump’s Venezuela Action Shows U.S. is ‘Fascist Authoritarian Regime’

U. Houston Replacing Women and Gender Resource Center With Family Office

I hope this person fails

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2012 17 Comments

From reader Scott: Hello again from Raleigh, NC. I rolled up on the following Volvo and the first thing that popped into my head was, "triple fail". From the disastrous, Jon Stewart-led "Restore Sanity Rally", to the even more epic "99%" spectacle, the Obama 2012 seemed...

Shopping list

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2012 50 Comments

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Still, they taunt me

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2012 34 Comments

I know I shouldn't take these sort of things personally. But really, must they taunt me? In case you missed it: ...

Least interesting tweet of the day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2012 14 Comments

A CNN political coverage manager tweeting about Dan Rather writing at CNN.com about journalistic standards. It doesn't get any less interesting than that. Via a MT by Ben Smith: Good read: Dan Rather op-ed on CNN.com on the campaign quote approval story. tinyurl.com/7lyuuw8— Steve Brusk (@stevebruskCNN) July 19, 2012 ...

No Dem wave in sight, and finalizing Operation Counterweight

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2012 17 Comments

Stuart Rothenberg still sees no Dem wave in sight: Democratic strategists need a dramatic shift in the House playing field if they are going to have any chance of netting the 25 seats they need to regain a majority in the House of Representatives. And that...

Thank you Elizabeth Warren (for possibly costing Obama the election)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2012 107 Comments

Obama has stepped in it big time, and we have Elizabeth Warren to thank. Obama gave voice to his political creed in the form of parroting Warren's famous rant about factory owners: Here's Obama's rendition (and a Romney response): Watch More News Videos at ABC2012 Presidential ElectionEntertainment &...

Report – Suicide bomber in Bulgaria was former Gitmo detainee from Sweden (Update – denials)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2012 23 Comments

Via Times of Israel: Bulgarian media on Thursday named the suicide bomber who blew up a bus full of Israeli tourists, killing five, in Burgas on Wednesday as Mehdi Ghezali. There was no independent confirmation of the veracity of the information. The reports surfaced soon after Israel’s...

Convention-dodging now the official strategy of Congressional Democrats

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on July 19, 2012 23 Comments

Below is a screen shot from the DNC homepage with a confident (or, maybe confused) looking Joe Biden proclaiming: I'm there! Are you? Well, apparently not. Unlike Vice President Biden, many Congressional Democrats will be staying away from this year's Democratic National Convention. Although the candidates like to give...

Don’t let the facts on Huma Abedin’s family get in the way of attacking Michele Bachmann

Posted by Anne Segal on July 19, 2012 61 Comments

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's request for investigations into several ties between the U.S. government and the radical Islamist group the Muslim Brotherhood seems to have struck a nerve. Bachmann, along with four other U.S. Representatives, have requested, in a series of letters sent from the five U.S....

Suicide bomber in Bulgarian airport attack carried fake Michigan driver’s license

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2012 16 Comments

Bulgarian authorities released airport surveillance video of the suicide bomber who attacked the bus of Israeli tourists yesterday. Via Times of Israel: Bulgarian police have released a short video they say is of the suicide bomber responsible for Wednesday’s terror attack on a tour bus full of...

The Day Rationality Stood Still

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2012 21 Comments

From reader Bill in Texas: I continue to be an avid reader of your blog. Congratulations on its continued, spectacular growth! One day after Obama shows up in Austin searching for cash from people who didn't build their own businesses, this appears on the road. If you look...

Zimmerman says never heard of Stand Your Ground law prior to incident

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2012 71 Comments

There has been a lot written, including here, about Florida's Stand Your Ground law, and the role it played in the shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman. Almost all of the criticisms of the law as applied to this case revolve around the allegation that...