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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 14, 2013 13 Comments
We have featured Pallywood here many times, the Palestinian industry producing everything from outright video hoaxes to mere gross exaggerations all in the name of demonizing Israel. But there is an even more pernicious western media version of Pallywood, the outright bias and misleading characterization...

Posted by New Neo on October 14, 2013 23 Comments
(Photo: AP) In his post about health insurance executives’ fear of talking on the record about the Obamacare computer problems, Prof. Jacobson offered this quote from the NY Times article: These are not glitches,” said an insurance executive who has participated in many conference calls on...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 14, 2013 27 Comments
From R: Spotted in Wauwatosa, inner ring suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “Capitalism is Plunderful” says the owner of a Prius. Keep up the good work!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 13, 2013 24 Comments
We ran this over at College Insurrection last week, but I think it’s worth running again an excerpt from Hen Mazzig, An Israeli Soldier to American Jews: Wake up! As a young Israeli who had just completed five years of service in the IDF, I...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 13, 2013 8 Comments
Dewey. He returned to Detroit last winter. and he is updating his Win The Future Theater for the shutdown scale-back with Episode 8: Shelter in Place: Cody and Skylar shelter in place in their Seattle condo on Government Shutdown Day 12. They are out of...

Posted by David Gerstman on October 13, 2013 8 Comments
When you read the first few news dispatches below from the past year and a half, keep this photo in mind. Aid Groups and U.N. Agencies Urge Israel to Lift Gaza Blockade – The Associated Press – June 14, 2012 Fifty international aid groups and United Nations agencies...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 13, 2013 53 Comments
(Live Twitter embed at bottom of post) AP via WaPo reports: A crowd of people has converged on the World War II Memorial on the National Mall, pushing through barriers to protest the memorial’s closing under the government shutdown. WTOP Radio (http://bit.ly/GXQKGV ) reports Republican...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 12, 2013 16 Comments
More technology experts are warning that glitches in the Obamacare system could take longer to iron out, as many remain unable to get beyond the earliest steps in the signup process. From Politico: The glitch-plagued Obamacare rollout might be just the beginning: A series of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 12, 2013 1 Comment
First they came for the Joker: College Student arrested for wearing “Joker” make-up to class Damn good thing they didn’t wear Joker make-up at these events, or they might have been in trouble: Brown University Celebrates “Nude Week” Video – Jesse Watters Covers “Nude Week”...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 12, 2013 43 Comments
You know the story why this blog was started on October 12, 2008 at 5:42 p.m. Here’s what the blog looked like on November 15, 2008 and for the first 2 1/2 years while we were on Google Blogger (Yikes! It’s like looking at your junior high school photo): Hey, look...
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