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Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 14, 2013 28 Comments

Tuesday night, Rand Paul (the freshman senator from Kentucky) gave the Tea Party response to President Obama's State of the Union address, calling for cutting corporate taxes in half and slashing trillions in federal spending. Paul has been very busy.  Today, the Washington Times reports that Paul...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 14, 2013 27 Comments

This is a follow up to yesterday's Criminalize Fracking post. Gimme Coffee is an Ithaca coffee roaster and something of an institution.  For a mere $4 or thereabouts, you can have quite a good latte.  The coffee happens to be excellent, but it comes with a...

Posted by Anne Segal on February 13, 2013 27 Comments

Former Navy Seal Chris Kyle, who was killed at a Texas gun range on February 8, was laid to rest Tuesday at the Texas State Cemetery. On Monday, 7,000 people attended a memorial service in his honor at the Cowboys Stadium. Many people are saying Kyle...

Posted by Joel Engel on February 13, 2013 32 Comments

When Antonio Villaraigosa became mayor of Los Angeles in mid 2003, he promised to focus on quality-of-life issues the way Rudy Giuliani had so successfully in New York.  To Angelenos, the number one quality-of-life issue is transit.  Pretty much everything else pales in comparison (as...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 13, 2013 15 Comments

I talked to my mother last night, a long-time Democrat who voted for Obama this November. She said that she had tuned out the State of the Union address to pour a class of wine, because it was more of the "same, nasty rhetoric" she heard...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 13, 2013 38 Comments

The mother of all mysteries, making Stuxnet look like a B-grade movie, is unfolding in Israel over Prisoner X. The New York Times has a good summary: The story had all the trappings of a spy thriller: an anonymous prisoner linked to Israel’s secret service, Mossad, isolated in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 13, 2013 12 Comments

Just like the Rubio speech, a very good job. Unfortunately, I could not find it on a channel last night, so I didn't see it until this morning. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 13, 2013 13 Comments

Instead of watching the Lincoln Of Our Time give his 573rd Gettysburg Address-like speech, I watched the Westminster Kennel Club dog show. Trust me, I made the right choice. I did watch Marco Rubio, who gave a fine speech, and who took a sip of water during his speech...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 13, 2013 21 Comments

Oh, they'll go there if they need to.  Do not doubt me. Welcome to my world. Spotted in Ithaca. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 12, 2013 43 Comments

Do not care what he has to say.  It's the same old, same old straw men and class warfare. "Some say that government should do nothing while grandma dies and children starve as owners of corporate jets eat jumbo shrimp at 38,000 feet in the air, but I say we the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 12, 2013 5 Comments

Fight the Machine. Support Paul McKinley for Congress. Donate. Watch this Alternative SOTU speech, and spread it far and wide. More video....

Posted by Anne Segal on February 12, 2013 22 Comments

Sarah Palin has taken to twitter to further confuse and confound what she has termed the "idiot media," no doubt including Washington Post journalist Suzi Parker who erroneously reported that the former Governor would be joining Al Jazeera. The Washington Post's Suzi Parker had failed to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 12, 2013 39 Comments

Gabriel Gomez looks like an interesting Republican candidate for the John Kerry seat. Via MassLive: According to a biography on his campaign website, Gomez was born in Los Angeles to Colombian immigrants. An introductory video features Gomez first introducing himself in Spanish, before switching to...

Posted by Anne Segal on February 12, 2013 12 Comments

The House will consider the reauthorization of the Violence against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA) today, the same day the Senate voted 78-22 to approve the renewal. In expressing optimism that similar legislation would pass in the House, Senator Leahy pointed to a letter sent from...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 12, 2013 36 Comments

Remind me again why I should watch. Also, I can't wait for the warm welcome Chief Justice Roberts gets this time, now that he cast the deciding vote in favor of Obamacare. Via NRO: Update: From RCP: The president’s speech, described by White House officials as an expansion...

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