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Olympics Committee Bans Males From Competing in Female Sports

Democrat Mail-In Ballot Strategy At Risk From SCOTUS Election Day Case

Delta Ending Special Services to Congress Until TSA is Funded

Blind Chinese dissident puts Obama in bind (video)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2012 31 Comments

Via The Hill: Chen Guangcheng’s daring escape to the U.S. embassy turned into a major political headache for President Obama on Thursday as Republicans accused the administration of naively handing the blind human rights activist back to Chinese authorities...

Diminished college student vote could be a problem for anti-Walker forces

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2012 13 Comments

One big advantage Democrats in Wisconsin have is the college student vote. These students, many of whom are from out of state and have no real connection to Wisconsin, were a big part of the Prosser-Kloppenburg turnout in Madison. In a close election, they could be the...

Elizabeth Warren’s claim of being 1/32 Cherokee in doubt

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2012 70 Comments

Could it get any worse? When Elizabeth Warren first acknowledged that she had represented herself to be Native American when filling out forms for the Association of American Law Schools directories in the mid-80s through mid-90s, Warren based her claim entirely on family "lore." A couple of...

I would not have gone, so it’s a good thing you didn’t invite me

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2012 38 Comments

I never get invited to anything. Not that I would go, anyway. I have much more important things to do. Via Ben Smith, Buzzfeed Politics, After A Twitter Win, Romney Meets The Online Right: At the Republican National Committee yesterday, conservative online writers and bloggers who arrived...

Help him get up from the floor

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2012 27 Comments

This video is making the rounds. Jump to the 6:15 mark if you want to hear the money line. ...

Student Newspaper at Chicago School Launches ‘ICE Tracker’ After Illegal Charged With Murdering Student

Fraternity Leader at Northern Arizona U. Charged With Hazing in Alcohol Related Death of Student

Oklahoma Senate Passes Bill to Strengthen Free Speech on Campuses

UW-Madison Criticizes Student Govt. for Passing Anti-Israel BDS Resolution

Princeton Administrator Outlines University’s Commitment to DEI on Campus

Ohio State University is Doubling Down on Hiring Woke Faculty

Neo-Nazi kills family … media silent on his plan to run for Sheriff as a Democrat

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2012 17 Comments

Reputed neo-Nazi J.T. Ready apparently killed himself and his family yesterday. There is one thing the major media outlets (MNSBC, L.A. Times, Arizona Republic) reporting on the story either fail to mention or bury. Ready was planning to run for Sheriff as a Democrat (h/t reader...

Dick Lugar endorsed by union-funded pro-union “Republican” group

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2012 1 Comment

The Lunch Pail Republicans have formally endorsed Dick Lugar. The group was formed in early January 2012 specifically to fight Indiana's right to work law which was signed into law in February. The Lunch Pail Republicans are funded by a union PAC, as detailed in this entry at...

Does this mean you’re not voting for Obama this time?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2012 15 Comments

From reader Bob: Since I have sons who are into the "import scene" with Japanese cars and not necessarily concerned with politics, I was surprised to see a late "twentysomething" driver who apparently has recognized what was delivered isn't what was promised. Photo taken while stopped in Longmont...

Take nothing for granted

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 02, 2012 12 Comments

While Richard Mourdock is rising, don't count Dick Lugar out. He's throwing everything he has at Mourdock this week, each day multiple new accusations. A poll just out shows Lugar with a two point lead, via National Journal: Sen. Richard Lugar and Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock...

Newt suspends campaign (video)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 02, 2012 27 Comments

As expected, Newt suspended the campaign today. Here's the full video (via ElectAd). If you want, jump ahead to 3:45 when he starts giving shout outs to other candidates and then turns to his view on the campaign and the future. Money line (17:45): "This is a choice...

Elizabeth Warren claims listed herself as minority to meet people, but story doesn’t hold up (Update: High cheekbones?)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 02, 2012 59 Comments

I admit it, I didn't see this explanation coming. Or maybe I did, I repeatedly have said "it doesn't add up" as to why Elizabeth Warren claimed minority status on her law association self-reporting. And it doesn't: Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, fending off questions about whether she...

Dick Lugar’s Iran Problem, Part 3: June 2009 – abandoning the students for the negotiation without precondition folly

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 02, 2012 3 Comments

This is the third and last in a series examining Dick Lugar's failure on policy towards Iran, which consistently exhibited wishful thinking about appeasing the regime in the hope the Iranians would negotiate in good faith over their missile and nuclear programs, and their export of...

And the Nobel Prize for newspaper covers goes to ….

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 02, 2012 14 Comments

There is some really good front page imagery going on these days. There oughta be a prize given out for it. Via Zeke Miller at BuzzFeed (h/t BuzzFeedAndrew), The NY Post weighs in on Obama's trip to Afghanistan. ...

It was Elizabeth Warren’s intent and attempt that matter

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 02, 2012 27 Comments

There is an active effort by Elizabeth Warren's campaign to distract from the real issue regarding Warren's claim of Native American status during the mid-80s to mid-90s, when she was moving from one law school to another up the food chain until she reached Harvard...

Now Mitt Romney starts paying the price for Jennifer Rubin

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 02, 2012 37 Comments

Jennifer Rubin, the "right" blogger at The Washington Post, gained fame throughout the primaries by obsessively skewering each not-Romney who rose in the polls, even not-Romneys like Rick Santorum she had praised when convenient to use against another not-Romney. Because of her platform at WaPo and her...

But they said it would stop at “forward”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 02, 2012 9 Comments

From reader "Joe" (or was it "Tom"?) who asked not to use even his real first name because "I'd like my children to keep their playmates": Saw these on the back of an SUV on Bainbridge Island, Washington. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bainbridge_Island,_Washington) This is the first time I've seen an...

Did Elizabeth Warren try to game the system?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 01, 2012 27 Comments

The Elizabeth Warren story is not about whether she is 1/32nd Cherokee. Questions persist as to why Warren listed herself as Native American, a fact as to which she had no proof until yesterday, only in a publication almost exclusively used by other law professors and Deans during a time...