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Trump Breaks With Tucker: "he's not MAGA"

Trump: 'There Will be No Deal With Iran Except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!'

Trump Ousts Noem as DHS Secretary, Appoints Sen. Mullin

Mars Ain’t The Kind of Place To Raise Your Kids…

Posted by Matthew Knee on October 10, 2011 12 Comments

...and #OccupyWallStreet ain't so different. Its Kids Speak Out Day at #OccupyWallStreet! CNN reports: Organizers of the "leaderless resistance movement" also billed Monday as "Kids Speak Out" day, given that many schoolchildren are off for Columbus Day. "Even as banks got bailed out, American children have witnessed their parents...

A More Transgressive Post In A University Environment Than The Brave Rebels At #OccupyWallStreet

Posted by Matthew Knee on October 10, 2011 7 Comments

Happy Columbus Day! Where many of these protesters come from, this sort of talk is sticking it to The Man. Their sort of talk is conformity. Meanwhile, I recommend Walter Russell Mead's article explaining Columbus Day's origin as a holiday celebrating the contributions of immigrants and Catholics...

Did they really chant “you can have sex with animals or whatever”?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 10, 2011 29 Comments

Is there anything #OccupyWallStreet protesters will not chant responsively? Apparently not. "Jump the shark" doesn't begin to describe this sequence of responsive chanting (I think they call it human microphone or whatever). We saw the responsive chanting at Occupy Atlanta, but this one takes the cake, as the...

Rhode Island’s Pension Cliff

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 10, 2011 9 Comments

I know you know about Rhode Island's public sector employee pension problem, because I've posted about it so many times. But take a look at this chart which shows how household contributions to public sector pensions (state employees and teachers) is expected to climb to just over...

Counterweight Only Swing States In The General

Posted by Matthew Knee on October 10, 2011 14 Comments

I would like to propose an additional criterion for Operation Counterweight, for those that want to ensure a more conservative congress to go along with a Romney presidency (It's pretty clear that's the contingency that OC is preparing for, so let's talk in those...

Students at UConn Launch Petition Urging University to Declare ICE ‘Unwelcome’ on Campus

Atlantic Cape Community College Reverses Policy to Allow Christian Club to Receive Funds

Portland State U. Cutting, Reducing Departments After Declaring Financial Crisis

Missouri Lawmakers Pass Bill Banning Trans Athletes From Competing Outside Their Biological Sex

Report: Alarming Number of Christian Colleges Have Connections to Abortion Providers

Activists Protest After Medical Center at NYU Halts Transgender Care for Minors

The ignorance of the masses – Soviet flag at #OccupyPhiladelphia

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 10, 2011 16 Comments

We've seen this before, at the celebration of Obama's victory in 2008, where students unfurled the Soviet flag in celebration. I chalked that up to profound historical ignorance, much like the chic wearing of Che Guevara and Mao t-shirts. The carrying of the Soviet flag at the Occupy...

#OccupyWallStreet: No masks for you

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 10, 2011 6 Comments

You may not know it, but the internet hacking group Anonymous helped launch the Occupy Wall Street movement with a video released in late August:. During the initial protests in New York, protesters attempted to use masks similar to those used in the video, but were...

What do you mean “what if?”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 10, 2011 7 Comments

When this sticker was put on the car, the owner probably figured things were not yet out of control. But after three weeks of #OccupyMadness, no question mark is needed. From Larry in Miami (who must have been stopped on the interstate when he took this...

Worst. #OccupyWallStreet. Advice. Ever.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2011 10 Comments

On October 7, self-styled Occupy Wall Street reporter Allison Burtch, the proponent of "progressive stack" speech control, gave this advice to the #OccupyWallStreet movement: Which goes to prove, don't wish too hard for something, you just might get it....

#OccupyFraud

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2011 15 Comments

I've warned you not to take at face value the depictions of the protesters at the Occupy Wall Street rallies. Andrew Cole, the focus of a sympathetic New York Times article, turned out to be a pretty hard core solicialist (by his own description) and former...

In praise of 300,000 peaceful protesters in 350 locations

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2011 14 Comments

No, not Occupy Wall Street or Occupy anything. That was the estimate by Nate Silver (then of 538 blog, now of The NY Times) of the April 15, 2009 Tax Day Tea Parties. Silver noted the upward adjustment of the Tea Party rally in Atlanta from...

PDS found Palin, Palin didn’t find PDS

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2011 18 Comments

From Crawdad Hole written by frequent commenter myiq2xu: I guess the people like Andy Sullivan and his ilk are gonna be unhappy, because Sarah apparently has no intention of going away. I have to wonder what would have happened if they had just left her alone...

Operation Counterweight, the electoral strategy for the rest of us

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2011 34 Comments

Thanks to commenter Mutnodjmet for reminding me: PS. Just to let you know, in light of Palin’s decision, I am promoting OPERATION COUNTERWEIGHT quite heavily. The reference is to my post in early June, Commence Operation Counterweight: Why do I have this feeling that the back-stabbing and petty politics...

They can’t handle the glass

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2011 13 Comments

This bumper stick disproves that bumper sticker "I think, therefore I'm liberal." Because the person who drives this car proves just the opposite. Thanks to reader Ken, who writes: Saw this bumper sticker today in suburban Kansas City (on the Kansas side) and snapped a pic. I...

Saturday Night Card Game (Dominant progressive white males in the #OccupyWallStreet mist)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2011 32 Comments

This is the latest in a serieson the use of the race card for political gain: #OccupyWallStreet has been the subject of numerous posts here, including the NY Times' poster child who wasn't, the influence of big labor, and the now-obligatory video of the anti-Jew guy. But...

#OccupyWallStreet TwitPic of the Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2011 8 Comments

Addressing claims that Occupy Wall Street is the American Arab Spring: ...

Open

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2011 14 Comments

Various and sundry: John Hinderaker finishes up his take-down of the Bloomberg hit piece on the Koch Brothers. We are on a track, just not the right track - CBO: Deficit is on track to be $1.3 trillion. If he had focused more on Windmills! and less on...