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June 2011

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 17, 2011 5 Comments

At the NetRoots Conference White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer stated that although Barack Obama signed a document in 1996 saying he supported gay marriage, Obama did not fill out the document.So he signed it but his signature apparently doesn't mean anything because he didn't...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 17, 2011 8 Comments

at legalinsurrection.blogspot.com? It's possible, but the day is not over.The most amazing thing to me is not that Christie tells the voter that it's none of her business where he sends his kids to school, but that he pays $38,000 per year in property taxes.  Ouch.http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1--------------------------------------------Follow...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 17, 2011 6 Comments

Sarah Palin passed on the opportunity to make the kind of insulting comments about Michele Bachmann made by Bachmann's campaign adviser Ed Rollins about Palin.When asked (@4:35) whether Bachmann was qualified to be President, Palin answered "she is."She is classy, and understands that the way...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 17, 2011 40 Comments

I've told the story of how Legal Insurrection got started before, but I'll give it a little more flavor. Prior to starting this blog, I was completely non-political.  I may have donated small amounts of money to a handful of candidates, but I was not politically...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 16, 2011 29 Comments

Two protesters in the Madison, Wisconsin Capitol building strapped "U" shaped ultra-secure bicycle locks around her necks and locked themselves to a metal railing.As reported by JSOnline (h/t reader Leonard):Authorities removed two protesters who locked themselves to the railing of the Senate gallery Thursday.The action took place at a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 16, 2011 15 Comments

That was my wife's comment.The Weiner resignation press conference was amazing.  He was barely apologetic, focused on his own "healing" and gave a campaign speech about how he always wanted to serve the people of New York.There were hecklers there, shouting things like "goodbye pervert"...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 16, 2011 22 Comments

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 16, 2011 10 Comments

This photo of an Israeli soldier standing on a young Palestinian girl is making the rounds on the internet and evoking enormous anti-Israel vitriol: As Israel Matzav points out, however, the photo is not what it seems: There's one small problem - the photo is a fake. The...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 16, 2011 4 Comments

Thanks to reader Barbara for sending photos of this SUV spotted in the parents parking lot at the AI DuPont Hospital for Children in Delaware:Bonus question:  What is the bumper sticker covered over in the bottom image?--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Bumper Stickers - The SeriesFollow me on Twitter, Facebook,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2011 26 Comments

Following up on the story earlier about predictions of a looming mini-Ice Age due to changes in solar sun spot activity, reader Billy sent me a link to this Time magazine article from 1974, Another Ice Age?I'll excerpt the article here, but you really have...

Posted by Matthew Knee on June 15, 2011 16 Comments

(by Matthew Knee)As the mainstream media strained its resources and even brought on amateurs to power through Sarah Palin's old emails for the scandal that wasn't there, a slow-motion constitutional crisis has been unfolding.The War Powers Resolution clearly states that president can authorize military action...

Posted by Michael Alan on June 15, 2011 5 Comments

(by Michael Alan)Oh look, he made a funny:But when he was selling the $800 billion stimulus both before and in the months after it was passed, all he could say was "shovel-ready":Last October, the President first denounced the use of the term "shovel-ready":Mr. Obama reflect[ed]...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2011 8 Comments

I would gladly suffer through a mini-Ice Age if it proved them all wrong:What may be the science story of the century is breaking this evening, as heavyweight US solar physicists announce that the Sun appears to be headed into a lengthy spell of low activity,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2011 22 Comments

And they complain that Sarah Palin is "stupid" and unfit to be President?  Obama recently expressed a view of the economy in which technological innovation is viewed as a threat to jobs:President Obama explained to NBC News that the reason companies aren't hiring is not because...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2011 9 Comments

I saw this interview of Rick Perry yesterday afternoon, and I was impressed.  I'm not willing to commit yet, because the field is not complete and I don't know enough about him, but I'm intrigued by Rick Perry.  (Thanks for all your prior comments, give...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2011 50 Comments

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has just released a decision (here) overturning Judge Sumi's ruling invalidating the Wisconsin collective bargaining bill.Some key language from the ruling, which overturned Judge Sumi's rulings both procedurally (for interfering in the legislative process) and substantively (there was no violation of...

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