The Dana Report

• On the “Irvine 11″ and Civil Debate on Campus
  The “Irvine 11,” a group of UC Irvine students, members of the Muslim Student Union, convicted of two misdemeanor charges in Orange County last Friday for conspiracy to disrupt a speech by Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren and for the disruption of said speech in February of 2010, got what they deserved. Their [...]
  
  
• Seven Questions Solyndra Execs Won’t be Answering
  Over at NRO, Andrew Stiles asks some questions Solyndra executives won’t be answering about how they squandered tax-payers $535 million: Top Solyndra executives are scheduled to appear today before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. But that’s all they’ll be doing. Here: National Review Online: Seven Solyndra Questions.
  
  
• “Racially heated” Facebook Posting Sparks Outrage at UC Berkeley
  The San Francisco Chronicle reports: A Facebook post announcing plans by a UC Berkeley Republican group to sell baked goods priced according to race, gender and ethnicity – “White/Caucasian” pastries for $2 and “Black/African American” pastries for 75 cents, for example – has drawn outrage on campus. You may be surprised by this but, UC [...]
  
  
• CA Republican Leader Warns State Convention About “Cancers” in the Party
  Orange County California GOP Chairman emeritus Tom Fuentes made a powerful appearance at last weekend’s California Republican Party convention in Los Angeles. After years of plunging registration numbers, a turn-coat Governor, and a billionaire-minded candidate recruitment program, Fuentes gave delegates a stern warning: Full text: Be Not Afraid. (h/t FlashReport) The California GOP had a [...]
  
  
• Obama, Restoring America’s Dignity
  President Obama joined a meeting of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) while hobnobbing with the International Community in New York yesterday. The OGP seeks to “promote transparency, fight corruption, empower citizens, and harness the power of new technologies to make the government more effective and accountable.” They also take group photos: The guy with Obama’s [...]
  
  
• Solyndra: Employees Shed Light on Mismanagement, Reckless Spending
  Solyndra, the taxpayer funded solar firm that went under a couple of weeks ago, has proven to be a much more than just a bad stimulus bet. Andrew McCarthy presents a strong case for criminal fraud over at NRO. This week the Washington Post interviewed Solyndra employees who claim the company was recklessly “spending money left [...]
  
  
• Video: A Timely History Lesson
  Debunking the Palestinian Lie: “A Century of Palestinian Rejectionism and Jew-Hatred”
  
  
• The Return of The Dana Report
  We’re coming back! The site as been sitting around idly for quite some time (if you’re reading this now, you probably noticed). But this week it’s coming back. There’s just too much going on right now for the Dana Report to remain silent. • The Palestinians—you know, those Arab fellows living in Judea and Samaria—are bum-rushing [...]
  
  
• Meg Whitman, A non-Voter for Governor?
  SacBee reports, California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has said that she registered to vote as a Republican in another state in 1998 prior re-registering in California in 2002 (she became elligible to vote in 1974!). But, it looks like her 2002 decline-to-state registration in San Mateo, CA was the first time in 30 years that she even [...]
  
  
• It’s Not Funny Anymore
  In a record-setting year, California has set a new record.  First it was the biggest tax increase in the state’s history.  Then the longest budget delay ever.  Today we have the highest unemployment rate since we started keeping records: 12.2%.  And that rate only includes active job-seekers; the “discouraged” are left out. One in five [...]