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August 2011

Posted by Michael Alan on August 09, 2011 4 Comments

Cornell professor of policy analysis Dr. Richard Burkhauser, along with Sean Lyons and Indiana University's Dr. Kosali Simon, has released a study showing that the ObamaCare legislation provides a significant incentive for employers and their employees to take advantage of the taxpayer subsidized insurance exchange. According to their...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2011 6 Comments

Recall elections are being held today against six Republican State Senators.  I feel like I've covered Wisconsin so much this year, today is somewhat anti-climactic.  But it's not, it is very important. Unions need to win back three seats to take control of the majority in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2011 17 Comments

Why are they rioting in England, they have free health care?...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2011 14 Comments

So what else is new.  Obama's campaign plans to destroy Mitt Romney, according to Politico, by playing class warfare and portraying Romney as phony and not genuine: Barack  Obama’s aides and advisers are preparing to center the president’s  re-election campaign on a ferocious personal assault on...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2011 3 Comments

1959 was a very, very good year.  More so than you know.  Unless you were Cuban. Very, very good years are not always what they seem. Thanks to reader Jim who took this photo in Bradenton, Florida, of a bumper sticker which says "Cuba got 'Change' in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 08, 2011 10 Comments

Today's hashtag is #downgrade. There were may good tweets to choose from, but I picked this winner: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 08, 2011 3 Comments

Today is the 10th anniversary of the first blog post at Instapundit. The first week of Instaposts are here. While we frequently wish bloggers happy blogoversaries, Instapundit really deserves thanks.  It's hard to imagine where the conservative blogosphere would be without Instalanches, and the support of Prof. Glenn...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 08, 2011 10 Comments

You probably have no idea what I'm talking about. Victory Day, formerly known as VJ Day, formerly known as Victory Over Japan Day, no longer is celebrated anywhere in the U.S. except in my home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.  It is celebrated the second...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 08, 2011 32 Comments

Nothing interesting to write about this morning.  At least nothing that hasn't been beaten half to death already. Suggestions?  Thoughts?  Comments?  Anybody out there?...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 08, 2011 6 Comments

You bought into it, so you own it. Thanks to Bruce from Where Are My Keys who sent along this photo he took recently in Denver: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 07, 2011 13 Comments

Matt Lewis at The Daily Caller argues that taking a compromise deal allowed Republicans to avoid blame for the S&P downgrade (although David Axelrod and John Kerry are claiming otherwise) and any other negative consequences: In the few days since the debt ceiling was raised, the Dow has...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 07, 2011 34 Comments

Soon after the raid in which Obama got bin Laden took place, as Obama was in the midst of his not-spiking-the-football victory lap, I asked readers to predict when Hollywood would roll out a major motion picture about the raid in order to help Obama's...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 07, 2011 22 Comments

Thanks to reader and blogger Voting Female for alerting me to the new hashtag #ObamaDownGradeExcuse. Considering how much fun readers had with #BeforeBlackPresidents, there should be some good tweets and comments coming. Here's my contribution: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 07, 2011 15 Comments

Yesterday I reported how the Dean of Widener Law School, Linda Ammons, had sentenced conservative law professor Lawrence Connell to a psychiatric evaluation and "anger management" therapy: Professor Connell will comply with all conditions and recommendations issued by the psychiatrist/psychologist, including, without limitation, appropriate counseling and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 07, 2011 12 Comments

Graeme Zielinski, Communications Director for the Wisconsin Democratic Party, is quite a guy.  He was a focus of a post here last month when he tweeted that people should celebrate the 45th anniversay of Medicare by "punching a Republican."  He then claimed he was just joking. But...

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