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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 22, 2013 10 Comments

Maybe it's because a group of Tea Party / conservative bloggers helped launch Marco Rubio's primary fight against Charlie Crist, in a story rarely told anywhere except here, Give Some Credit To “Not One Red Cent”.  That group of scrappy misfits (I'm going to catch...

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Posted by A.F. Branco on March 22, 2013 6 Comments

Note: You may reprint this cartoon provided you link back to this source. To see more Legal Insurrection Branco cartoons, click here.  Branco’s  page Cartoonist A.F.Branco ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2013 38 Comments

The thumbs up/down feature is not working as to comments (it still works as to posts. As mentioned before, it's some sort of technical glitch arising out of the "restore" that took place last week. Apparently people have noticed because there have been many comments about it as...

Posted by Joel Engel on March 21, 2013 13 Comments

President Obama is in the Mideast, geographically not all that far from where Bashar Assad may be using chemical weapons against his own people. Verification of that would be a “red line” for the administration to get involved militarily—something the president wants to avoid after the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2013 24 Comments

Fantasy, via an author in the final issue of The Boston Phoenix: Elizabeth Warren was the only senator on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, aside from the chair and ranking minority, to show up at last Thursday's hearing on indexing the minimum wage to inflation....

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2013 20 Comments

There was a First Tweet. And it was good. just setting up my twttr— Jack Dorsey (@jack) March 21, 2006 He was interviewed for 60 Minutes recently, which you can view here. This video is more concise: If you are not on Twitter, you need to be. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2013 9 Comments

This story ran on March 1, but it's worth highlighting. Duke Energy just forgave $10 in debt owed it by the Democratic National Committee related to the 2012 national convention in Charlotte. Via The Charlotte Observer, Duke Energy won't be repaid $10 million from DNC Duke Energy won’t...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2013 28 Comments

Rhode Island has the highest unemployment rate in the country, it's crushed by unsustainable public sector salaries and pensions which are protected by union control of the legislature and politicians at every level, it is one of only two states losing population and may lose one...

Posted by David Gerstman on March 21, 2013 6 Comments

1) Barack and Bibi The Algemeiner has transcripts of President Obama's and PM Netanayahu's remarks at their joint press conference yesterday. Writing in Tablet, Lee Smith covers the three issues that President Obama and PM Netanyau would be discussing: the Palestinians, Syria and Iran. (via memeorandum) However,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2013 6 Comments

A follow up to Kaliforniya. From R: I took this photo in the San Joaquin Valley: As can be seen, it is a farmers' sign attacking politicians who created a legislated agricultural crisis. Further up I-5 I saw a vast dead orchard that I couldn't get a shot...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2013 18 Comments

The NY Gun law effectively banned the purchase of new pistols because pistols are not generally made to hold 7-round magazines, and even if some manufacturers would produce such magazines for the NY market, it still presented a constitutional problem:  Under the Heller and McDonald...

Posted by 0387erp on March 20, 2013 22 Comments

The University of Virginia expects to incur a $7 million bill from Obamacare’s employer penalties, said Susan Carkeek, the University’s vice president and chief human resources officer. “We’re expecting fairly significant cost implications from the Affordable Care Act that pass on new penalties and charges,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2013 14 Comments

I sent a similar question via the Contact page at the RNC website. I'll let you know if I hear back. @reinceWhy no mention of conservative bloggers? legalinsurrection.com/2013/03/rnc-re…— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) March 20, 2013 ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2013 15 Comments

It's not like you didn't see this coming.  Those inane and made-for-YouTube moments, lacking in substance and confusing the gullible media, are the pre-publicity. Anyone familiar with Elizabeth Warren's history knows that she knows how to turn the "rigged" schtick into a buck. (Off topic, there's this...

Posted by Anne Segal on March 20, 2013 9 Comments

Remember when this exchange was overheard by journalists about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu? Sarkozy: "I can't stand him. He's a liar." Obama: "You're tired of him -- what about me? I have to deal with him every day." After four years of snubbing Israel's Prime Minister, including grabbing dinner...

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