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Squeezing California - Equal Protection Project Fighting Higher Ed DEI Discrimination Statewide

State Dept. Links 'Code Pink' and Other Far-Left Groups to the Chinese Communist Party

Harvard Prof Who Chaired 'Institutional Neutrality Group' Advocates 'Resistance' to Trump

He’s the only reasonable person, in his own mind

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 11, 2011 23 Comments

I was right, mostly. The serious, conciliatory Obama showed up at the press conference today. The only reasonable person in the room was the theme. I was wrong to the extent that in his opening statement and throughout Obama framed the issue as the Republicans not...

What are the rules of engagement at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 11, 2011 19 Comments

That's the question I have, because the French obviously have different rules than we do (h/t Israel Matzav): Syrians loyal to President Bashar Assad stormed the US and French embassies in Damascus on Monday. The crowds managed to break into and enter the American compound, but...

Flash Poll – Which Obama will show up at today’s press conference?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 11, 2011 24 Comments

Obama is holding another press conference today, at 11 a.m. , with regard to the debt talks. The last press conference was an unmitigated disaster for him, leading one MSNBC talking head to drop the "D" bomb. My take is that we will see a different...

Mexico, Maryland, literally

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 11, 2011 3 Comments

Sent by reader Ulises, who writes (embedded link added): ...

It’s a Wonderful Democratic Tax Policy

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

A deviation on a theme ...

Students at UT-Austin Protest Consolidation of Departments

Former Student President at UC-Santa Barbara Sues School, Alleging Antisemitic Harassment

Drake University Mandates Coursework in Equity and Inclusion

Elementary School Teacher Resigns Following Pro-ICE Comments on Social Media

Artificial Intelligence Poses a Major Threat to Law Schools

Maryland Woman Tells School Board She Called Child Protective Services Over TPUSA Meeting

This picture is worth 2 trillion words

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 10, 2011 22 Comments

Democrats have an idea. Let's take an additional $2 trillion from the private sector and give it to the federal government. What possibly could go wrong? ...

Obama’s deficit reduction Charades – “sounds like” more taxes

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 10, 2011 26 Comments

Last night John Boehner announced that Republicans were abandoning an attempt to reach a $4 trillion deficit reduction deal with Obama because Obama inisted on $1 trillion in tax increases. Obama always wants new taxes on the "rich." As Michael Alan wrote here, Obama wanted tax...

Warms my heart

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 10, 2011 14 Comments

Not the bumper sticker, you know what. Sent by reader Thomas from Austin, TX: ...

Saturday Night Card Game (Stop the poofy hair profiling!)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2011 20 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: A couple of weeks it was saggy-pants bias. Now its poofy hair profiling. A mixed-race woman from Seattle is charging racism because TSA screeners asked to check her poofy hair...

New Rutgers Course: How To Mind Your Own Business 101

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2011 29 Comments

Don't spy on the labels on wine bottles ordered by people at tables near you, because it's none of your business. Don't then look up the price on the wine list, because it's none of your business. Don't then calculate how long a family of four could live...

So tell me about Thaddeus McCotter

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

Just saw him interviewed by John King Roberts on Fox News, and I have to say, he was refreshingly blunt, as is his campaign website. King Roberts referenced this tweet by McCotter: But I don't know much (indeed, almost anything) about him. I do know he supported...

The Missing Tweets

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2011 8 Comments

I knew I should have paid more attention. But the question remains: Did he mention windmills? or at least "wind energy"?...

We are seeing our future, and it is Central Falls

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2011 7 Comments

Last year I documented the saga of the city of Central Falls, Rhode Island, which went into state receivership only to be "rescued" by a new state law which prohibited municipalities from using traditional court receiverships in favor of a new state takeover mechanism. Central Falls became a model of...

Obama Sold, Tracked, Same Guns To Cartels He Hoped To Ban Because They Were Tracked From Cartels

Posted by Matthew Knee on July 09, 2011 58 Comments

In the Spring of 2009, the Obama administration called for the banning of "assault rifles" and .50 BMG "sniper rifles" due to their use in crimes by Mexican drug cartels. Obama dubiously alleged that 90% of these weapons were tracked back to the United States,...

“God Bless Deer Tick”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2011 1 Comment

Now I can't say bumper stickers never taught me anything. I spotted this bumper sticker in Providence last night, near Thayer Street and Brown University: My first impression was that this was some sort of political statement, but thanks to the miracle of Google, I learned that...

Obama’s Catch-2012

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2011 36 Comments

... The only way for Obama to stimulate the enormous private sector job growth needed to ensure Obama's reelection is for Obama to announce he is not running for reelection, which would unleash a wave of investment and economic activity not seen since the Great Depression....

How much longer can they wait to get in?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2011 40 Comments

There are two candidates still waiting, either of whom could shake up the Republican primaries big time. It's impossible to read the tea leaves on whether Sarah Palin is running, but it seems increasingly likely that Rick Perry is running. How much longer can they wait? Bonus question: If...