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December 2011

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 26, 2011 19 Comments

Brilliant.   Healer.  Reformer.  Magnanimous. Words routinely used to describe Barack Obama, all of which have no basis in history, as documented by Victor Davis Hanson: Barack Obama is a myth, our modern version of Pecos Bill or Paul Bunyan. What we were told is true, never had...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 26, 2011 38 Comments

Bob Woodward had a lengthy article yesterday in The Washington Post, In his debut in Washington’s power struggles, Gingrich threw a bomb. The article concerns Newt's refusal as Republican Whip to go along with George H.W. Bush's 1990 deal with Democrats to raise taxes. The deal, which breached Bush's "read...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 26, 2011 4 Comments

I think this is the first "anti-Occupy" bumper sticker I've received.  It's more of a bumper poster, actually. Thanks to reader Bill in Washington State, who writes: Hi Prof - attached is a photographed just down the road from me. It is a new sticker, as I...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 25, 2011 8 Comments

I'm not promising to be this easy all the time, but I do try to accomodate the hopes and prayers of the huddled masses, whenever possible. So yes, Leslie, there is a Santa Claus: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 25, 2011 13 Comments

Some of these may turn into full posts at some time, but for today, just snippets: Richard Lugar, facing conservative challenger Richard Mourdock, is resurrecting the false meme that the Tea Party cost Republicans control of the Senate in 2010.  Au contraire, Carley Fiorina (CA), Dino Rossi...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 25, 2011 10 Comments

On Christmas Day 2009, Abdul Farouk Umar Abdulmutallab attempted to detonate exposives contained in his underwear on a flight arriving in Detroit.  Abdulmutallab unexpectedly pleaded guilty in November 2011. As reported by ABC News on December 26, 2009: The plot to blow up an American passenger jet over Detroit was organized...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 24, 2011 8 Comments

Merry Christmas to Legal Insurrection readers. A Social Network Christmas was posted by Kathleen last Christmas: I like this video fo Enya singing Silent Night in Irish Gaelic (h/t American Glob): ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 24, 2011 12 Comments

Hat tip to Sunshine State Sarah for this video of Ronald Reagan's December 23, 1981 Christmas address to the nation. There are so many amazing things about this video.  It's uplifting and depressing at the same time. When will it be over? Part 1 Part 2 ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 24, 2011 1 Comment

It's easy to come up with conspiracy theories for any bombing, but the two car bombings in Syria in restricted areas have raised suspicions that it was a set-up by the Assad regime to rally public support and set both Arab governments and the West...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 24, 2011 1 Comment

After losses in Colorado, Illinois and a devastating scam pulled in California, Republicans have won redistricting battles in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In New Jersey, an incumbent Dem will have to run in a majority Republican district, and several other Republicans shed Democratic communities in their...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 24, 2011 7 Comments

I always wondered what I would say if caught in the act of photographing someone's bumper sticker. Probably will go something like this, at least if in Ithaca: "Hey, love the Coexist sticker, pass the Granola," or perhaps, "Repuglicans suck, don't they.  Dig the Tax the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 23, 2011 5 Comments

I posted previously about accusations that groups such as Media Matters and the Center for American Progress (which runs the Think Progress blog) routinely used questionable terminology (such as "Israel-Firsters") and were pushing an anti-Israel agenda under the guise of battling the "Israel Lobby." The story...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 23, 2011 11 Comments

They love him so much but he doesn't love them back.  And it hurts. They know it is not healthy.  Some would call it abusive, a syndrome even.  They blame themselves; if only they had not talked back, if only ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 23, 2011 6 Comments

Via Right Scoop, Mark Levin (prefers Santorum or Bachmann) talks 2012 presidential candidates with Don Imus (Newt hater): Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com...

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