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Iran Nuclear Program Should Be Israel's Target After Missile Attack

Walz Lied About Being in Hong Kong During Tiananmen Square Massacre

U. Virginia BIPOC Alumni-Student Mentoring Program Challenged By Equal Protection Project

https://twitter.com/AlinejadMasih/status/1216044869300498433

Trump tweets support for Iranian protesters – in Persian

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 11, 2020 25 Comments

Protests have broken out across Iran over the downing of the Ukrainian passenger airplane by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. -- which tried for days to cover it up. The protests are a continuation of the protests last fall, which were crushed by the IRGC under leadership of the late Qassem Soleimani, with an estimated 1500 killed and thousands more arrested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNU59njtZ00

Trump announces overhaul of outdated environmental law, predictable leftie meltdown ensues

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 11, 2020 19 Comments

While much of the media and the American public was focused in the Iran attack this week, President Donald Trump announced significant changes to the nation’s landmark environmental law. The changes would make it easier for federal agencies to approve infrastructure projects without jumping through needless hoops set by green justice bureaucrats.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCTzXiSZJrs

Iran still hiding something about airline shootdown

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 11, 2020 52 Comments

Iran had a story, and it stuck to it for a couple of days: There was a mechanical failure that brought down Ukrainian civilian airliner Flight PS752 that had just taken off from Tehran airport. Iran refused to hand over the black boxes and bulldozed the debris field to make it more difficult for outsiders to investigate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Oel5lVQAE

Ocasio-Cortez Ticks Off Democrats for Not Paying Party Dues: ‘Deadbeat Cortez Should Pay Her Bills’

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 11, 2020 41 Comments

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has ruffled feathers on both sides of the aisle since she started her tenure in Congress. Democrats are now ticked off because Ocasio-Cortez has not paid the $250,000 dues she owes to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).

Virginia is the Gun Control Canary in the Coal Mine

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 11, 2020 51 Comments

While much of the country has been focused on recent developments in Iran, a tense debate about gun control has been brewing in Virginia.

Loyola U. Chicago Now Only Allows Protesting From 9 to 5

Profs at Elite Colleges Shocked to Learn Students 'Don't Know How' to Read Books

Vanderbilt U. Dermatology Residents Receive Anti-Racism Training

Anti-Israel Students Object to Yale's 'Institutional Neutrality' Proposal

U. Michigan Study Suggests Counting Staff by Race at Meetings to 'Decenter Whiteness'

School in Washington State Gets Tagged With Swastika, Principal Calls it a 'Symbol of Peace'

Progressive Priorities Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 11, 2020 0 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRj_728pEvU&t=8s

Iran Admits Shooting Down Civilian Jetliner “By Mistake”

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 10, 2020 48 Comments

Iran has admitted shooting down the civilian Ukrainian jetliner that crashed on Wednesday near Tehran, killing all of the 176 passengers on board. The Iranian admission comes amid mounting evidence, with U.S., British, and Canadian intelligence confirming that the plane was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile. The Iranian military blamed the shooting of the airliner on 'human error,' Iranian state TV reported, citing an official statement. So far, Tehran had pinned the blame on mechanical fault for the downing of the Boeing 737-800.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYyWIqUZqt4

While you were focused on Soleimani, Israel became a natural gas superpower

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 10, 2020 26 Comments

In March 2013, I noted that Israel's discovery and development of huge offshore natural gas fields was a game-changer, putting Israel on course to become an energy superpower. At that time, the field that had just come on line was the Tamar field. I wrote, Yesterday the Middle East changed forever, and you didn’t know it:

Surging in two early state polls, billionaire Tom Steyer qualifies for next Democrat debate

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on January 10, 2020 30 Comments

Anti-Trump billionaire Tom Steyer (D) launched his presidential campaign in July of last year based in large part on his personal campaign to have President Trump impeached. Considered a long shot, he irritated both the Democrat establishment and progressives.