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May 2011

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 31, 2011 20 Comments

...http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=politics/2011/05/31/sot.dc.weiner.twitter.hacked.cnnLooks like the blogosphere may be onto something.I'm beginning to feel like a moth drawn to light.  Hopefully not to fire.------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 31, 2011 0 Comments

Taken by reader Jake today in Gettysburg, PA, where he is visiting with his family, and spotted this car.Unfortunately, he did not get to meet Sarah Palin, although he did almost get run over by the MSM posse:-------------------------------------------Related Posts:Bumper Stickers - The SeriesFollow me on...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on May 31, 2011 8 Comments

Kathleen Today is the last day I will post here until school starts again in the fall. I have a full plate between my Bartley Fellowship in London, resuscitating The Politicizer, and studying for the GMAT. Anyway, I owe much thanks to the readership and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 31, 2011 16 Comments

There will be no Battle of the Bulging Ballot Bags.JoAnne Kloppenburg just announced that she will not file a lawsuit challenging the recount which found her losing to David Prosser by 7004 votes.As discussed here previously, Kloppenburg had alleged that there were "anomalies" in the election,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 31, 2011 3 Comments

Call the U.N. Human Rights Council to condemn Israel, because obviously this was a Zionist plot to discredit the Egyptian Spring, Egyptian general admits 'virginity checks' conducted on protesters:A senior Egyptian general admits that "virginity checks" were performed on women arrested at a demonstration this...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 31, 2011 28 Comments

Write a two sentence post asking readers to "brief" me on whether Anthony Weiner has been "exposed," with a video making a play on "weiner" and "boehner," and I generate enthusiasm and comments.Write a multi-paragraph post about important issues of academic freedom and race politics in law school,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 31, 2011 2 Comments

And the Kurdish State.  Via Israel Matzav, Spain to recognize 'Palestine' on the '1967 lines' The Palestinian Authority announced on Thursday that Spain has decided to recognize a Palestinian state along the 1967 lines before September. A spanish diplomat told Palestinian negotiator Nabil Shaath that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 30, 2011 14 Comments

A denial no politician wants to have to make.  From CBS News:I did not send Twitter crotch picSomeplace Bill Clinton was heard to mutter, "Well, Weiner'll just have to win, then." --------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 30, 2011 6 Comments

My guess is that the owner of this vehicle not only objects to these colors running the world, but also is part of the open borders crowd which objects to these colors even running our own country.A variation on a theme, spotted today in Ithaca:--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Bumper...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on May 30, 2011 7 Comments

KathleenDespite the fact that it is nowhere near a tsunami-prone area, the German government announced that it will phase out nuclear power over the next decade. Currently, Germany receives roughly a quarter of their energy from nuclear sources and no alternatives were cited in the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 30, 2011 0 Comments

The head of Hezbollah has visited Syria to discuss "reforms":Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in order to discuss reforms in Syria, the Lebanese daily al-Akhbar, identified with Hezbollah, reported on Monday.Nasrallah "held more than one meeting with President Assad to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 30, 2011 7 Comments

I previously posted about the lawsuit by Widener Law School Professor Lawrence Connell.  Widener is seeking to terminate Connell after Connell used a hypothetical example in his criminal law class of the Widener Dean being attacked, and a small number of students alleged that Connell made racist...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 29, 2011 32 Comments

I was in the car almost all day.Have the facts about Weiner's tweet been exposed yet?--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on May 29, 2011 1 Comment

Kathleen I posted a few weeks ago about how I was happy to see Bloomberg's new "view," an editorial page. Alas, even the (primarily lefty) Slate Magazine has given it the thumbs-down. Virginia Postrel, however, has been her usual astute self with a really...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 29, 2011 12 Comments

Choices will have to be made soon, and chief among them is whether to tackle the debt problem head on and take the political risk, or not.I don't see it as much of a risk.  Obama will not be defeated unless front and center is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 29, 2011 2 Comments

Official Decree, Part 2:  Everything is government property.Send to me by a reader in Columbus, Ohio, who took the photo below last summer and who writes as follows:When I asked the man if I could take a picture of his truck, he tried to give me...

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