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Adam Carolla Predicts California Fires Will Change the Politics of the State

Meta Reportedly Removes Tampons From Men’s Bathrooms As Part Of Broad DEI Crackdown

Tim Walz Endorses David Hogg for DNC Vice Chair

Cain accuser Kraushaar is serial complainer

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 09, 2011 28 Comments

How ironic that Karen Kraushaar, whose identity became known only yesterday, called Herman Cain a serial denier. It turns out that Kraushaar is a serial complainer, demanding money at a second employer for supposed inappropriate language, via AP: A woman who settled a sexual harassment complaint against...

Keep up this talk

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

and pretty soon the nanny state will try to stop us from using cell phones while driving. Thanks to reader Robert in Texas, who writes: I saw this in the visitors parking lot at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs this summer. Covers all the bases, yes? ...

Things I regret saying on the internet

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 08, 2011 51 Comments

Why I respect Jennifer Rubin (October 22, 2011) ...

Herman Cain News Conference (Update – complete denial)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 08, 2011 59 Comments

Summary of press conference. Complete denial. Doesn't even remember Bialek. As to other named accuser, Karen Kraushaar, repeats that only accusation he remembers is about gesturing the height of his wife. Took plenty of questions from reporters from major networks. ------------ Starts with lawyer Lin Wood, who...

“Not exactly a profile in courage” Tweet of the Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 08, 2011 11 Comments

I've enjoyed watching various candidates on Brett Baier's Center Seat. It's a place for the panel to question the candidates pretty vigorously. But one candidate will not appear. It's inexplicable. And now confirmed: Added: Baier still is trying, this time for a one-on-one. If Romney is...

San Diego State U. Pride Center Claims ‘Fatphobia’ is ‘Rooted in Anti-Blackness’

Eagles Fan Loses DEI Consulting Job After Video of Him Insulting Female Packers Fan Goes Viral

New Governor of West Virginia Bans DEI Policies at All Public Institutions

Former Northeastern University Employee Sentenced to Prison for Bomb Hoax

University of Maine System Will Not Divest From Israel Despite Student Demands

Panel at Oregon State U. Concludes Trump Will be Bad for Minorities

Not the Chinese century, unless we want it to be

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 08, 2011 4 Comments

I've posted before about the Chinese real estate bubble, and what will happen when this bubble bursts. Rather than worshipping the Chinese economy like Obama does (high speed trains anyone?), we should be recognizing that the Chinese model, like the Soviet model, is artificial and contrived. ...

D.C. Court of Appeals upholds Obamacare

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 08, 2011 19 Comments

The opinion isn't on the court website yet, but here's how The Wall Street Journal describes it: A federal appeals court in Washington ruled Tuesday that last year's federal health-care overhaul is constitutional, handing the Obama administration another legal victory ahead of the Supreme Court's likely...

Ying Ma visits Cornell

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 08, 2011 2 Comments

Ying Ma, a former president of the Cornell Review, has come back to campus for a visit. She's definitely one of the better-known names with Review pedigree. (J.P. Freire & Ann Coulter are two other prominent Review alums.) She released a book last year, Chinese Girl...

Fear of Newt on blog-team Romney

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

I've been focusing on Newt's rise since the debates in early September, when he distinguished himself as the statesman on stage and the guy focused on the ultimate prize, defeating Obama. While Perry and Romney squabbled, and Santorum and Bachmann tried to score points attacking...

The pushback against Sharon Bialek begins

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 08, 2011 54 Comments

Herman Cain is fighting back against accusations made yesterday by Sharon Bialek. Cain will hold a press conference at 5 p.m. Eastern today to address the charges: "There is not an ounce of truth to all these allegations" and the graphic account from Sharon Bialek is...

Why leave?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 08, 2011 5 Comments

High taxes. Crime. Too hot in summer, too cold in winter. Democrats. Too expensive. Public sector unions which control everything. Want me to continue? Thanks to reader Alex who, after seeing yesterdays post about Manhattan Mini Storage advertising, sent this photo and wrote: I took a picture of this billboard last...

Obama on Bibi: “”You’re fed up with him, but I have to deal with him every day!”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 07, 2011 27 Comments

Via @MarkLevin, and interesting exchange caught on unknowingly open microphones at the G20 summit: The conversation then drifted to Netanyahu, at which time Sarkozy declared: "I cannot stand him. He is a liar." According to the report, Obama replied: "You're fed up with him, but I...

No cause for champagne at Politico

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 07, 2011 10 Comments

The champagne corks must have been popping at Politico sometime just after 2 p.m. today, as Sharon Bialek presented her charges against Herman Cain. After a week of obsessive reporting (at least 91 stories about Cain's alleged sexual harassment of employees at the National Restaurant Association),...

An Apt EU Comparison

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 07, 2011 6 Comments

Over at the DailyBeast, Stefan Theil has a really great write-up about rich nations interacting with poor nations, using a comparison of Texas/Louisiana/Florida & Greece/Italy/Spain. Imagine 27 Barack Obamas and John Boehners trying to get a debt and banking crisis under control. That, in essence,...

Cain 4th Accuser – Open

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 07, 2011 93 Comments

The details are in my prior post. Is he guilty just because someone says he is? Is he said/she said really just "she said." I think this will be very damaging. And there probably is nothing Cain can do about it regardless of the truth. That's the...

Cain “4th Accuser” press conference // Update – alleges sexual advance after termination of employment

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 07, 2011 21 Comments

Summary of press conference: Woman alleges that in 1997 after her employment terminated with a National Restaurant Association affiliate, Cain made a single sexual advance at her which she rebuffed and which he stopped after she said no. So the allegation is not one of...

Herman Cain taunts Gloria Allred

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 07, 2011 5 Comments

Gloria Allred has a news conference with a "4th Accuser" scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Here's Cain's staff response (the link in the tweet is to Cain's Iowa fund): ...