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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2011 14 Comments

Oh my how the supporters of Occupy Wall Street cheered when Lech Walesa, hero of the fight against communism in Poland, announced that he would fly to New York to support the Occupy Wall Street movement. Brent Budowsky at The Hill was ecstatic: Great news for the real...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2011 12 Comments

I don't always agree with Jennifer Rubin, the not-liberal blogger at The Washington Post, who used to blog at Commentary. But I respect her because unlike the Stockholm Syndrome suffering not-liberal columnists at The New York Times, Rubin is willing to take on her own newspaper. This...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2011 11 Comments

Spotted by the wife about two blocks from our house in Ithaca.  She was surprised I had not spotted it yet. Actually I had, but if I took the photo and posted it, there would be hell to pay.  But since she took the photo it's...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 21, 2011 24 Comments

In meetings most of the day, what did I miss? Seems like this is some of it: Everyone out of Iraq by Christmas.  Then what. Was Gaddafi originally shot by NATO special forces then turned over to the Libyans who killed him? University of Iowa Poll (thanks reader Charles);...

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Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on October 21, 2011 9 Comments

Over at Marginal Revolution, Alex Tabarrok has a really fascinating post on the Mexican Mafia: The Mexican Mafia is a fairly small prison gang (perhaps 150-300 made members) and it has significant operational control only within prisons in Southern California yet the Mexican Mafia is extremely...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 21, 2011 9 Comments

From Gallup, which registers Obama's lowest approval rating ever: President Barack Obama's 11th quarter in office was the worst of his administration, based on his quarterly average job approval ratings. His 41% approval average is down six percentage points from his 10th quarter in office, and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 21, 2011 23 Comments

Of course, there always will be a top 1%, so those in the Occupy Wall Street movement who want to demonize the top 1% always will have a cause. But the numbers of millionaires who could be taxed to feed the demands of the proletariat is down in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 21, 2011 18 Comments

Not long ago The Washington Post was digging up rocks from 30 years ago to find dirt about Rick Perry. Now WaPo is digging up immigration papers from 50 years ago about Marco Rubio's parents, Marco Rubio’s compelling family story embellishes facts, documents show.  The gist of WaPo's dramatic...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 21, 2011 2 Comments

Thanks to reader Bob who writes: Seen in Longmont Colorado. I was stopped behind the car and the turn signal just came on. Obama08 supporter from decal on the side window. (Ok, I had to be careful and quick while driving to take this one.)[my note, not...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 20, 2011 25 Comments

Mr. Vice President. Biden has been playing the rape card, arguing that if the federal government does not subsidize police union contracts which states and local governments cannot afford, more women will get raped. This is part of a theme, with Biden earlier this month claiming that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 20, 2011 67 Comments

An employee of the L.A. School District and active Occupy Los Angleles supporter was fired for her anti-Semitic comments which have garnered a lot of attention. Here's the video of her reaction to the firing, where she doubles down (h/t IsraellyCool): The easy answer would be sure, fire her,...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on October 20, 2011 7 Comments

I participated in a debate last night at Cornell sponsored by Students for Education Reform to encourage an exchange of ideas on education policy. I was on the libertarian panel, which was wedged between the College Democrats and Republicans. It was a fairly heated debate: “Libertarians...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 20, 2011 3 Comments

Sometime in the past day or two we passed 2000 registered users. About three months after the new blog landed safely. Phase 2 is coming, I promise. Previous entries: The 500, The 1000....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 20, 2011 66 Comments

Frank Luntz did a focus group on Hannity last night regarding the Las Vegas debate.  The group confirmed my view that Newt is rising. I can't find a video of it, but NewsMax has a partial transcript.  The group found that Newt won the debate hands down,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 20, 2011 9 Comments

There are conflicting reports, as detailed in the live updates at The Telegraph. Updates:  I'll wait a bit before updating the headline, but it appears he's dead (photo at The Telegraph link). DEBKAFile says he's dead, killed in NATO airstrike near his hometown of Sirte. PJTatler has al-Jaeera...

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