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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

How’s That Gravitas Workin’ For Ya?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 20, 2010 30 Comments

Remember, when you hear about how important it is that the next Republican nominee for President have "gravitas," the following have been designed by people with gravitas:The TSA's scanning and groping system.Obamacare.Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the mortgage bubble.Our tax code.Our federal and state...

Glenn Greenwald Plays Victim

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 20, 2010 15 Comments

I have criticized Glenn Greenwald on multiple occasions for playing the dual-loyalty card against American Jewish supporters of Israel.Greenwald uses the phrase "Israel-firsters" and also recently accused Eric Cantor, the incoming Republican Majority Leader in the House, of pledging allegiance to Israel.The charge against Greenwald...

NY Dems Pull Voting Machines Out Of The Trunk In State Senate Race

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 19, 2010 13 Comments

We all have heard of ballots being found in the trunks of cars, and elsewhere during recounts. In a hotly contested race for the State Senate in New York, Democrats have gone one better, and found two new (and uncounted) voting machines.Traditionally Republican, the State Senate...

A Specially Interesting Choice

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 19, 2010 6 Comments

From the most deserving recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize comes...

Me On The Right Angle

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 19, 2010 3 Comments

I was a guest last Monday of Mark Finkelstein, who writes for NewsBusters, on his Ithaca-based television talk show, The Right Angle.We talked about Legal Insurrection, the elections, the vice-presidential and presidential candidates, and a lot about you know who. The video is here. Hopefully...

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

Another Phony Crisis, Another Rush To Vote

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 19, 2010 10 Comments

Once again, Barack Obama is creating a phony crisis to rush a major legislative vote without having done the preliminary legwork to address Republican concerns.Think Stimulus and Obamacare. This time, it arguably is the most important vote, the Senate ratification of the new START Treaty...

Alan Grayson Mocks Republicans’ Mustard

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 19, 2010 11 Comments

What a whack job. What kind of idiot would use Grey Poupon to prove a point? Are you suggesting that only fancy, foreign, John Kerryish types use it? No real American would use that stuff, right Alan?Sure, sure, you were just joking around to make a...

Your Brain On TSA

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 18, 2010 9 Comments

Your brain:Their brains at TSA: -------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...

Going Through the Lokomotion

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 18, 2010 19 Comments

As a college student, my Facebook feed has been saturated with complaints about the recent discontinuation of "Four Loko," an alcoholic drink which is sold in 23.5-ounce cans containing 12% alcohol by volume. The combination is now illegal following several reports of underage drinkers...

This is Success? Taxpayers Lost $9 Billion In GM Stock Offering

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 18, 2010 9 Comments

The GM stock offering is being hailed as a huge success by the Obama administration:President Barack Obama says General Motors' plan to sell stock marks a major milestone not only in the turnaround of that iconic company, but of the U.S. auto industry as a whole....

Dems To Force Through Judgeship For Huge Campaign Donor

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 18, 2010 2 Comments

I have written several times before about the controversial nomination of John J. "Jack" McConnell, Jr. to an open federal court seat in Rhode Island. It appears that Democrats will use the lame duck session to force through McConnell's nomination, which has been stalled for...

I Hate When This Happens

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 17, 2010 3 Comments

And I'm sure he hates it too.I agree with John Cole of Balloon-Juice about the Willow Palin Facebook brush fire, Count Me Out:Yes, Willow Palin said something stupid on her facebook page. Big deal. She’s sixteen, and most of the time when a sixteen year...

Dems Keep The Team Together – Elect Pelosi Minority Leader

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 17, 2010 9 Comments

This is good news beyond belief. The faces of 2010 will be the faces of 2012. Via CBS News:Nancy Pelosi has been elected to lead House Democrats in the new Congress despite presiding over the loss of more than 60 House seats in the midterm...

TSA: Thousands Standing Around (and then radiating you)

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 17, 2010 8 Comments

This weekend, I found myself in San Francisco International Airport for a long weekend in the Bay Area. After a pleasant weekend, and then a wait in an egregiously long line, I found myself in one of the famed full body scanners, the subject of...

I Already Saw Their Unhappiness From My Backyard

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 17, 2010 3 Comments

S.E. Cupp writing in The Daily News today, Sarah Palin's happiness is what really irks liberals:William A. Jacobson, writing at Legal Insurrection Blog, October 31, 2008, Why Do They Hate Sarah Palin So Much? She's Happy:--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...

I Am Just A Member Of The Tribe

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 17, 2010 12 Comments

In response to my post calling out leftist Jewish bloggers for stoking charges of dual loyalty againt American Jewish supporters of Israel, M.J. Rosenberg of Media Matters (one of the bloggers mentioned in my post) tweets that I'm just a tribalist:Pathetic.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook,...

TSA Seeks Ban On International Packages Over 1lb.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 17, 2010 17 Comments

Via Doug Garrett comes word that the TSA requested that international carriers ban airmail packages headed to the U.S. which weigh over one pound. Garrett links to this report in the Japan Times:Japan Post Services Co. said it will stop accepting airmail packages bound for the...