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Appeals Court Upholds No-Bond Detention Of Illegal Aliens In Huge Win For Trump

Red, White — and Ashamed? Team USA Skiers Bash the US

Are Nursing and Other “Caring” Professions a “Sink for Pathological Personalities”?

Saturday Night Card Game (What happens when Zimmerman is found “not guilty”?)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 24, 2012 117 Comments

George Zimmerman has been tried and convicted in the media and public opinion for the shooting of Trayvon Martin, with the case almost uniformly being portrayed as racially motivated, with the wearing of a hoody by a young black male as the symbol. Violence is in the air. Already...

Israel warning to Global March on Jerusalem

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 24, 2012 14 Comments

Next Friday, March 30, the anti-Israeli Global March on Jerusalem will take place, with supposedly millions attempting to breach Israel's borders to march on Jerusalem. Israel has issue a warning to stay away from the borders, or else: Following the deadly clashes last year during the Naksa and...

The other parents

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 24, 2012 76 Comments

I advocated yesterday for letting the facts come out in the shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman. And that's still my position. The case began to get attention when the Martins had to file a civil suit for release of the 911 tapes. I don't blame...

Tulane Prof. blasts music to drown out Newt speech

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 24, 2012 44 Comments

Newt Gringrich appeared at Tulane University yesterday the day before the primary. The overflow crowd necessitated that speakers be set up outside the lecture hall so those who could not get in could hear the speech. When a professor complained, the volume was lowered, but that...

Um, excuse me, haven’t you forgotten someone?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 24, 2012 5 Comments

I mean, you know, the guy who made the gutsiest call and most audacious plan in the past 500 years. From Linda in Tennessee, who spotted this vehicle at Macy's in Frankin, TN: ...

NYU Prof Claims Trump's Whole Milk Push is ‘Dog Whistle to Far Right’

Immigration Judge Blocks Deportation of Anti-Israel Tufts Student

Viterbo University Instructs Staff to Lower Academic Expectations for Illegal Alien Students

Finalist for Columbia Middle East Teaching Job Participated in Anti-Israel Encampment at Princeton

New Hampshire House Passes Campus Carry Bill

American Medical Association Accused of Politicizing Continuing Education Courses

Pop!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 23, 2012 36 Comments

Pop! Goes Carbonite backup service just after announcing 'World Backup Day' (h/t @markinct, who asks: Are you responsible?) Pop! Goes Physician-Owned Specialty Hospitals under Obamacare. Pop! Goes Peter Lewis' Donations to Democracy Alliance, The Liberal Donor Network. Yes, but has Flo popped too? Pop! Goes the Law School Bubble. Pop! Goes the Lawsuit challenging...

Zimmerman-Martin questions

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 23, 2012 118 Comments

Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, that much is certain. It is a tragedy for the Martin family. It's not worth opining on the facts, as so many are doing, because we don't have enough facts, much less all the facts. Was Zimmerman, who is...

Signs of trouble in Elizabeth Warrenland

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 23, 2012 22 Comments

Sign of trouble No. 1: Warren is running to the left of Obama on gay marriage and portraying herself as heroic, apparently, per Greg Sargent (via Instapundit): In an interesting move, Elizabeth Warren comes out and calls on the leader of the Democratic Party to complete...

From Twitter bombing to war of attrition

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 23, 2012 11 Comments

This analysis by Topsy Analytics show the volume of tweets using the two most popular hasttags for the various boycott Rush groups, #StopRush and #BoycottRush. What it shows is that activity peaked from Friday, March 2 - Monday, March 5. There still is activity, but nothing...

Obamacare 2nd Anniversary Collective Mourning

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 23, 2012 30 Comments

Two years ago today Obamacare was signed into law: Mr. Obama signed the measure, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, during a festive and at times raucous ceremony in the East Room of the White House. He spoke to an audience of nearly 300, including...

Hello old friend

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 23, 2012 12 Comments

It's really good to see you once again. From reader David: Haven’t seen this one on your site, yet. Spotted in Raleigh NC this weekend, from the passenger seat, of course. ...

Evidence of Media Matters coordination disappears from “independent” anti-Rush group website

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 22, 2012 31 Comments

I have written multiple posts regarding the coordination between Media Matters and an independent group using the name Boycott Rush, which has a website BoycottRush.org and also the Stop Rush Project at which advertiser target lists and contact information are maintained for volunteers around the country to...

Dick Lugar improperly billed for hotel stays

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 22, 2012 19 Comments

Dick Lugar has a lot of campaign money. But he has problems. In a Tea Party age he is a paradigm of insider Washington politics gone bad (for conservatives). He has a questionable residence in Indiana, and his local election board even said he couldn't vote because...

(Not) Trusting Obama on Israel in Term 2

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 22, 2012 13 Comments

From Seth Mandel: When foreign policy “realists,” pseudo-realists, and leftists claim that the pro-Israel establishment is preventing an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, their argument fails to account for one aspect of recent Mideast history: During the administrations of American presidents seen as favoring Israel, the Jewish state’s...

Run, Dennis, Run

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 22, 2012 16 Comments

When Dennis Kucinich lost his primary in a new district which required him to compete against an incumbent, I was disappointed. We need a Dennis Kucinich, someone by whom others can be measured -- vertically, psychologically, dentally, and bumperstically. Run in Washington State, Dennis, Run: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio)...

Good omen

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 22, 2012 13 Comments

A state senate race in a normally safe Democratic district in New York has Democrats worried. (h/t reader Tom) Down to the wire in too-close-to-call Southern Brooklyn Senate race (emphasis mine): The too-close-to-call state Senate race in southern Brooklyn was down to the wire Wednesday, with Republican David ...

$100,000 of ‘grassroots’ anti-Rush activism

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 22, 2012 43 Comments

Just as Bill Maher was pleading for an "amnesty" in the political correctness war to silence speech, Media Matters was committing $100,000 to an advertising campaign urging people to call local radio stations to complain about Limbaugh. Via AP: The liberal Media Matters for America is...