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May 2012

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 12, 2012 16 Comments

Barack Obama crushed John McCain in Michigan in 2008, 57.33%-40.89%. Obama must win Michigan in 2012, it's part of every scenario for him to get to 270: Yet a poll just released in the Detroit News shows Obama up by only 5 points over Romney, via The Hill: President Obama...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 12, 2012 28 Comments

Via The Daily Mail (Britain): Police chiefs have banned the word ‘blacklist’ over fears it is racist. They have also struck out its opposite – ‘whitelist’ – which is used by IT workers for a list of acceptable email contacts. Scotland Yard employees have been told to use...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 12, 2012 10 Comments

A prediction of limerickal justice in the comments at HuffPo (h/t friend of LI blog Huff-Watch): His conflict resolved, his evolution complete. Thanks for the check it'll help him compete. But what of the election? The forecast is re.je.ction. Short term gain, long term de.fe.at! And another: How bout our Preezy, has a really...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 12, 2012 13 Comments

well, you know, we all want to change your world view. Part 2 here.  And remember Hannity's interview with one of the yutes....

Posted by Anne Segal on May 12, 2012 17 Comments

Young Guns Super PAC might need to adjust its "decision matrix." Chagrined after the Young-Guns-endorsed Lugar was defeated by challenger Mourdock, and then caught up in the messy ouster of the most conservative congressman in Illinois, Don Manzullo, they are now saddled with the news that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 12, 2012 25 Comments

From The Guardian in Britain: Detailed leaks of operational information about the foiled underwear bomb plot are causing growing anger in the US intelligence community, with former agents blaming the Obama administration for undermining national security and compromising the British services, MI6 and MI5. The Guardian has...

Posted by Anne Segal on May 12, 2012 48 Comments

How many designer blouses could the taxpayers buy Michelle Obama in exchange for the cost of her Spanish vacation?  Anne Sorock That's right, the taxpayers could have taken the $467,585 they spent for Michelle's summer vacay to Spain and purchased 492 of Ann Romney's much discussed Reed...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 12, 2012 13 Comments

oh, say, 29 years ago? I might have marched with you. Another one from Kathy, taken in Harrisonburg, VA: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 11, 2012 54 Comments

It started out as a massive 5000-word hit piece on Mitt Romney reminiscent of what The Washington Post did to Rick Perry about a rock on his family hunting ground. WaPo put a reporter (or more) on the case and apparently spared no effort to find...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 11, 2012 38 Comments

Is there any part of the Democratic campaign agenda that is not planned out and contrived? As you know, the deliberate use of the race card to advanced the Democratic Party agenda has been documented here hundreds of times. An article at The Washington Examiner, House Dems trained to make...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 11, 2012 20 Comments

Vidal Sassoon died in Los Angeles on Wednesday at age 84.  Known mostly as a name-brand in hair styling, upon reading of his death I learned a lot more about the man, and wondered why I didn't know more before. From The Times of Israel: A veteran of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 11, 2012 19 Comments

While studiously avoiding and evading any investigation of Barack Obama's "youth" (i.e. the period prior to his running for President) or devoting resources to any of the many scandals (selling guns to Mexican drug lords, politicizing along racial lines the Justice Department, etc.) which would...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 11, 2012 19 Comments

Who puts a bumper sticker like that one on a vehicle?  Have they no shame? I love your bumper sticker photos and am always on the lookout for ones worthy of your blog. Practically walked into the back of this truck, parked near a craft store...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 10, 2012 22 Comments

If you want a sense of how Obama's cynical, money-driven gay marriage evolution ploy will play in key states Obama won in 2008, look not only at North Carolina's vote Tuesday, but also at how fast Joe Donnelly is running away from Obama on the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 10, 2012 25 Comments

I'm a little late to this (as in 1.75 hours, which is like forever in internet time), so h/t to Ed Driscoll standing in for Prof. Reynolds at Instapundit, and dmacleo in the Tip Line. Drip. Drip. Drip. The Boston Globe: A second law school, the University of Pennsylvania,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 10, 2012 20 Comments

Via MacIver Institute: After refining the dataset created by Verify the Recall, a Wisconsin man began running it against other public records and discovered 571 tax delinquents signed Recall petitions. His findings? The total in back taxes owed by petitioners is more than $17 million. The list...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 10, 2012 25 Comments

Not a mother for a child (or vice versa). Or a husband for a wife (or vice versa) Or a patriot for country. No, the truest form of love is when a Senior Editor of The New Republic pens a guest column in The NY Times about young Obama,...

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