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Whether Radicalized Culture at U. Penn Influenced Luigi Mangione Needs To Be Looked Into

Woman Who Accused Three Duke Lacrosse Players of Rape Admits She Lied, Seeks Forgiveness

Fifty-One Discriminatory Scholarships At University of Rhode Island Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Will They Now Call The Repeal Bill “Bipartisan”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 04, 2011 3 Comments

At least one Democrat, and possibly several, are expected to vote in favor of the House bill to repeal Obamacare.So will the media refer to the repeal bill as "bipartisan"? Or does that description only apply when a handful of Republicans break ranks to join with Democrats?--------------------------------------------Follow...

Israel Taps into Animal Terror Market Again

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on January 04, 2011 8 Comments

There are some topics I only want to cover once: President Obama being elected, Nancy Pelosi being named Speaker of the House, etc. etc.There are some topics, however, that I can't get enough of reading about, and insane conspiracy theories involving Israeli trained attack animals...

So Tell Me About Mitch Daniels

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 04, 2011 26 Comments

I previously asked you to tell me about Tim Pawlenty, and I learned a lot.Mitch Daniels also is presented as a conservative with the credentials to unite the base with the establishment without a lot of negatives (other than being conservative, of course).So tell me...

Obama: Those Partisan Republican Hacks Should Stop Being Partisan

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 04, 2011 2 Comments

Mr. Get-In-Their-Faces is complaining about divisive and partisan Republicans:President Obama, returning to Washington from his Christmas vacation in Hawaii, urged House and Senate GOP leaders to put partisan politics aside in the name of working to boost the economy.The president said onboard Air Force One...

More Dumbed-Down Talk About The Constitution From A You-Know-Who

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 04, 2011 11 Comments

More dumbed-down talk about the Constitution from Tea Parties liberal columnists, this time Amanda Terkel (formerly of Think Progress) writing at HuffPo with the headline:Scalia: Women Don't Have Constitutional Protection Against Discrimination Gee, Scalia must hate women.Except that the headline is a good example of a...

Diversity Conference for Elite Private Schools Devolves Into Festival of Jew Hatred

New Course at U. Colorado Boulder to Explore Feminism Through Disney Female Characters

Several Top Schools Urging International Students to Return From Break Before Trump Takes Office

People Still Have Lots of Questions About Spending in the Kamala Harris Campaign

Boise State U. Shuttered Campus DEI Centers Over Thanksgiving Break

National Spelling Bee Approves Feminist Term 'Womyn' for Kids' Competition

The Fools Rushed In To New START

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 04, 2011 7 Comments

The lame duck rush to ratify the New START Treaty is becoming an example of fools rushing in.One of the sticking points for Republicans opposed to the Treaty (13 Republicans voted in favor of the Treaty) was that the Preamble language seemed to link missile...

Reagan Float – Rose Bowl Parade

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 03, 2011 4 Comments

Thanks to reader Jeanne from Fort Worth, TX, who traveled to root for TCU in the Rose Bowl, and who snapped this photo of the Reagan Float in the Rose Bowl Parade. I've seen other photos of the float, but I think this side shot...

How Mike Castle Brought Down The Delaware GOP

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 03, 2011 18 Comments

There is a nice bit of revisionist and self-congratulatory history at FrumForum, in a piece titled How Christine O'Donnell Brought Down The Delaware GOP.I'll save you the trouble and high blood pressure of reading the article, here's the story line:Christine O'Donnell singlehandedly caused Republicans down...

Make Them Vote On It, Anyway

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 03, 2011 10 Comments

The Democratic leadership in the Senate has told Republicans in the House not to bother with repeal of Obamacare, any repeal bill will not get past the Senate.That's old news, and certainly no reason not to pass legislation in the House.There are several vulnerable Democratic...

New Republican Leadership Limo Revealed

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 03, 2011 5 Comments

I was going to hold off on the bumper sticker photo below, sent to me by a reader in Ohio.But seeing James Delingpole's column, Q. Why did God give liberals annoying, whiny voices?, caused me to move it forward. I particularly like the bumper stickers "Stop Global...

Republicans Need To Avoid The Debt Ceiling Trap

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 03, 2011 8 Comments

The nation's "debt ceiling" will need to be raised early in the next Congress to accomodate the new reality of trillion-dollar-plus annual deficits.The possibility that the Republican House will refuse to raise the debt ceiling is the favorite topic of discussion in the media and...

You Can’t Pick Your Relatives, Or Who Links To You

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2011 11 Comments

There are many cheap tricks used against bloggers.Perhaps the most common is to attribute the views expressed in comments to the blogger. The problem there is that the nature of a comment section is to give people other than the blogger the chance to express an opinion,...

France, en gros

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on January 02, 2011 2 Comments

I was in the grocery store in Paris two days ago when I spotted this package for gummy bears: For those of you who don't speak French, it says: Candy's good, but don't eat the whole pack. Share it with your friends! By the way,...

Fiddler In The Hood

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2011 6 Comments

The video Fiddler on the Roof - You Got Served Trailer Mash-Up was part of a student film editing project. He should get an A+:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W7umbazJFM?fs=1](h/t Israel Matzav)--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Look For, The Union Bumper Sticker

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2011 3 Comments

The view on a reader's street in Ohio:--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Bumper Stickers - The SeriesFollow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

“how surreal and ultimately sad it is to be young in Italy today”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2011 7 Comments

"Generational Theft" is a term frequently used to describe the Democrats purchase of current entitlements and payouts to politically connected groups using borrowed money. The consequences of these type of actions can be seen in Europe, where the younger generation is left hopeless.I focused on Greece...

Saturday Night Card Game (“Ideologies of White Supremacy” Responsible For Animal Cruelty)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 01, 2011 0 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: The Michael Vick dog fighting story is well known: A federal grand jury in Richmond indicted Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick and three other men yesterday on charges related to their...