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Intersectionality is all the Rage - Just Ask "Turtle Island Liberation Front"

Feds Open Investigation Into Brown Univ Over Security Failures, as Campus Police Chief Placed on Leave

Systematic Scholarship Discrimination In Illinois Public Universities Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Robin Gibb, R.I.P.

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

This one hurts. I grew up knowing so many of the Bee Gees early songs by heart. The New York Mining Disaster 1941 was one of my favorites, and one of the most underappreciated: Robin Gibb passed away today. He will be missed. From Rolling Stone: Robin Gibb, one-third...

Chicago NATO protest photos

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 20, 2012 36 Comments

Anne Sorock is on the ground at the NATO protests, and sends these photos, which I'll keep adding as she sends them in. Let's start with the most important component of any protest, the National Lawyers Guild Observer team: Chicago is taking no chances with the protesters...

Chicago Police Department website appears hacked (NATO protest photos added)

Posted by Anne Segal on May 20, 2012 16 Comments

The website for the Chicago Police Department is down today, the apparent victim of hackers who may have timed the hit in conjunction with the first day of the NATO Summit. I'm heading for the protests, and hopefully will have photos and a report later. Updates by...

I hope David Cicilline wins (the primary)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 20, 2012 4 Comments

David Cicilline, the former Mayor of Providence and current Democratic congressman from my home district RI-01, is in deep electoral trouble because he lied about Providence's abysmal finances during the 2010 congressional race. He has apologized for lying. With Providence on the verge of bankruptcy, Cicilline...

Obama on verge of his grand Iranian bargain

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 20, 2012 19 Comments

It looks like Obama is going to get the "grand bargain" which has been the point of U.S. policy towards Iran since the Obama administration stood silently as Iranians took to the streets in June 2009. The grand bargain theory assures the Iranian theocracy's continued control over not...

Man Connected to Harvard Human Remains Scandal Sentenced to Six Years in Prison

Vanguard University Bans TPUSA Chapter While Maintaining Other Identity Based Clubs

Some Colleges and Universities Have a 'Holiday Tree' for Christmas

Foreign Policy Analyst Suggests Shutting Down College Middle Eastern Studies Departments

DEI Policies Have Caused Real Harm to Young White Men

U. Oklahoma Fires Instructor Who Failed Student for Citing Bible in Essay on Gender

Walker rising, Barrett falling, Unions crying

Posted by Anne Segal on May 20, 2012 28 Comments

Saturday evening the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published a sweeping endorsement of Governor Walker in the upcoming Wisconsin recall election. The news was a stunning endorsement for Walker, who faces democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in June, given that the newspaper has been known to have a...

exist

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 20, 2012 7 Comments

Taken by Bryan in Savannah, GA, and forwarded with the message "Coexist with everyone...

Well said

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 19, 2012 11 Comments

Well said: Aaron Walker, victim: How Brett Kimberlin Tried to Frame Me for a Crime (And How You Can Help!) Robert Stacy McCain does some fine journalism: Domestic Terrorist Now Using ‘Lawfare’? Lonely Conservative call to action: Calling All Conservative Bloggers – The Army of Davids Needs...

Saturday Night Card Game (You know the general election has started when …)

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

You know the general election has started when ...

Maryland’s April employment figures are cause for concern

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on May 19, 2012 16 Comments

Maryland’s loss of 6,000 jobs was the largest of any state in the nation last month. Some have been quick to write off the figures as a product of unusual weather patterns affecting seasonal hiring practices, but there is a growing belief that the Maryland...

Syria’s chickens coming home to roost

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 19, 2012 6 Comments

But it's no time for joy. The dithering on Syria has given the same elements who transitted Syria to kill U.S. troops in Iraq a chance to build up their operations in Syria and return the violence on the Syrian government. Suicide blast in Syria hits...

Three from F*** the Police march charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism

Posted by Anne Segal on May 19, 2012 21 Comments

Early Saturday morning, three of the Occupy protesters from the "nonviolent" F*** the Police march were charged with "possession of an incendiary or explosive device, conspiracy to commit terrorism, and providing material support for terrorism." The arrests stemmed from allegations they were planning to create...

We need to be more careful about Elizabeth Warren than she is about being Cherokee

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 19, 2012 20 Comments

There is zero evidence that Elizabeth Warren is Cherokee, despite her having touted such heritage at various times, and she stands by that claim in the face of contrary evidence. Michael Patrick Leahy at Breitbart.com, and to some extent your humble correspondent, have laid Warren's claims...

But if you fire him, who will give you all the free stuff?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 19, 2012 10 Comments

Reader Bill from Florida is traveling, and spotted this pick-up truck which had a handicapped parking license plate, in Nevada City, CA: Whoda thunkit? Handicapped and all in Cali?!?! ...

NBC show to depict EMP-aftermath society

Posted by Anne Segal on May 18, 2012 51 Comments

"Revolution," a new drama from NBC's fall lineup, depicts what life would look like in the aftermath of an EMP attack. Producer JJ. Abrams (Iron Man) sets the action in Chicago, 15 years after all electricity on the planet is wiped out. In the teaser, the...

Cherokee genealogist on Warren: “These are the people she stepped on”

Posted by Anne Segal on May 18, 2012 24 Comments

Today, Megyn Kelly of FOX News interviewed Cherokee genealogist Twila Barnes about Elizabeth Warren's claims to Cherokee heritage. Legal Insurrection has been breaking news on Warren's false claims, including extensive coverage of the genealogical records. In the interview with Kelly, Barnes says, "there's nothing to indicate she's...

Dana Milbank and Jayson Blair versus Richard Mourdock

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 18, 2012 11 Comments

It's pretty unfair to compare Dana Milbank and Jayson Blair by lumping them together with no real connection, isn't it? Almost as bad as this headline and column from Dana Milbank lumping Richard Mourdock and federal prisoner Keith Judd together, Richard Mourdock and Keith Judd vs....