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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

When the wind blows too much

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 08, 2012 37 Comments

I'm all in favor of wind energy. If it works, do it. But the notion that windmills will be anything more than a small aspect of electricity production is blowing smoke. I previously highlighted the problem in Britain, where wind turbine owners are paid not to...

Carbonite shoots its business model in the foot

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

The decline in the price of Carbonite stock since it announced it was dropping its longstanding advertising on the Rush Limbaugh show is not the real story of the damage done to Carbonite. The price of Carbonite stock has been dropping since October for reasons unrelated to this controversy,...

You’ll never walk alone

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

From reader and frequent photographer Scott, who sent this photo with the subject line "It seems I'm not alone": I regret that I've been remiss in getting images out to you, especially since Raleigh seems the perfect battleground state again in 2012. I'll try to do better...

Wisconsin, Wisconsin, it’s a …

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 07, 2012 33 Comments

place where judges act strangely, Judge draws flak for signing Walker recall petition and Judge Flanagan must step aside in voter ID case: After signing a petition to force a recall of Gov. Scott Walker, the liberal judge had the audacity to issue a temporary injunction against the...

Manning Released Tweet of the Day

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

Peyton Manning was released by the Colts today. Upon seeing the headline "Manning Released," cheers must have erupted in Salons around the world. Just one problem, as Jim Geraghty points out: ...

U. Maryland Still a Hotbed of Anti-Israel Activism

Arizona State U. Administrator Admits School Conceals DEI Instruction Despite Federal Ban

Lipscomb U. Facing Lawsuit Over Allegation That Students are Getting Sick From Black Mold

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

In SEC filing, Carbonite lists Ed Schultz, Rachel Maddow and Randi Rhodes as “trusted spokespersons”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 07, 2012 30 Comments

Carbonite dropped its high-profile sponsorship of Rush Limbaugh because of a single incident last week in which Rush used certain words in describing Sandra Fluke, for which Rush apologized in writing on Saturday and on the air on Monday. Yet Carbonite retains sponsorship of others who have...

Rush: Boycott failing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 07, 2012 51 Comments

I'll post the audio when available, but Rush Limbaugh just stated that the advertiser boycott of his show is vastly overstated and based on inflated numbers. (audio added, via Common Cents) As I have pointed out in response to concerned commenters, many of those listed by Media...

Super Tuesday the day after

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 07, 2012 105 Comments

Because of a number of distractions, I couldn't devote much time to yesterday's primaries yesterday, but here's my net assessment, followed by some links: Mitt Romney is the luckiest politician in recent memory. He barely eked out a victory in Ohio and thereby dominates the headlines,...

Maybe the readers are right, and sunshine is not enough

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 07, 2012 71 Comments

There's something Bill Maher understands. What goes around comes around. Media Matters and Think Progress can organize a campaign to attack Rush Limbaugh's advertisers as a means -- they hope -- of forcing him off the air. But what goes around comes around. And it will. So Maher has...

Go Coexist yourself

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

As I have said before, they don't really want to Coexist. And at this point, I'm not sure I want to, either. From reader Brownyn, who has had prior experience with the coexisters: Saw this car as we pulled onto our street here in Tustin, CA this evening...

Super Tuesday Results

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 06, 2012 55 Comments

State-by-State vote results: NY Times. 11:00 p.m. - Santorum is up by a couple of thousand votes with 86% reporting, but the talking heads are saying some key Romney precincts are not fully reported, so it is possible and maybe likely he will eke out a...

The “did someone say something to reporters today” Pre-Super Tuesday Results Special Edition

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 06, 2012 25 Comments

Apparantly Obama held his first press conference of the year today, the Republican Super Tuesday, because yesterday and tomorrow were unavailable. This all sounds vaguely familiar. I did not watch. Front Groups for the SEIU . . . and the Teamsters . . . and ACORN! Producer...

Announcing The Carbonite Accountability Project

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 06, 2012 71 Comments

On Saturday, March 3, 2012, Carbonite announced that it was dropping its advertising on the Rush Limbaugh Show even after Limbaugh had apologized to Sandra Fluke for certain comments made regarding Ms. Fluke. When the controversy originally broke, Carbonite took a principled stand that its advertising was...

No Country for old Free Exercise Clauses

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 06, 2012 35 Comments

Commenter CWLsun put together a list of links in the Tip Line regarding the explicit plan of various law school branches of Students for Reproductive Freedom to establish secular contraceptive policies at Catholic educational institutions. I don't have a problem with that when it is done without using the force...

Only the Tea Party, Christians, Republicans, and Conservatives are allowed to be portrayed as everything Hollywood actually is

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 06, 2012 32 Comments

The Hollywood movie industry is not racist just because there are few blacks or other racial minorities in leading roles, on the set, or in the executive suite. Hollywood is not sexist even though the culture of the casting couch still lives, and young women are expected to perform...

Cornell physicist speaks out against campus “attempt to make Israel illegitimate”

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

This is a GUEST POST by Professor Yuval Grossman, an Israeli physicist and Professor at Cornell University in Ithaca, where his research involves theoretical high energy physics. But first a short background. Cornell and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology recently won a joint bid to to build a high...

Huge red flag

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 06, 2012 26 Comments

What, you didn't get new sidewalks too? From reader "9th District Neighbor": I though you would enjoy the photo I've attached of a street crossing near a park in Evanston, IL--home to Jan Schakowsky. The sign was a recent addition in a series of "improvements" to this crossing...