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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 19, 2013 24 Comments

Via Memeorandum, news that man makes stupid comment about rape and right of self-defense: How do I know that this will not be the Democrats' Todd Akin? Because he's a Democrat, he's at the state level, and this is not an election year. But mostly because he's a...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 19, 2013 53 Comments

Two of the biggies at Politico have a lead article today, Obama, the puppet master (emphasis mine): President Barack Obama is a master at limiting, shaping and manipulating  media coverage of himself and his White House. Not for the reason that conservatives suspect: namely, that a liberal press ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 19, 2013 15 Comments

From Linda, a "low" information voter: Carothers parkway, Franklin TN Don't know if this photo will be clear enough or if you can use it. Driver appears to be a female who votes with her lady parts. ...

Posted by Joel Engel on February 18, 2013 41 Comments

The apparently principled opposition of Republicans in the Senate to Chuck Hagel’s nomination as secretary of defense appears to be over. Via Slate: Sen. John McCain says that while he doesn’t believe former Sen. Chuck Hagel is the right man to lead the Pentagon, Republican senators will...

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Posted by A.F. Branco on February 18, 2013 7 Comments

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Posted by Anne Segal on February 18, 2013 13 Comments

The petri dish of Democrat candidates in the special election Democrat primary for Jesse Jackson, Jr.'s former congressional seat remains teeming with candidates, despite the Chicago Democratic Machine's heavies being deployed to empty it out. So far only two have caved, Toi Hutchinson who dropped out of...

Posted by Joel Engel on February 18, 2013 14 Comments

Behold “liberal” cartoonist/columnist David Horsey’s latest horsey---- in the Los Angeles Times. It is no wonder Florida Sen. Marco Rubio needed to grab a bottle of water in the middle of delivering the Republican response to President Obama’s State of the Union address. The speech he...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 18, 2013 9 Comments

Disgusting. And probably will sell for a lot, because it's history. From ProJo: Bidding is under way for the bloody sock worn by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling in the 2004 World Series, which he put up for sale after the collapse of his Providence-based video game...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 18, 2013 11 Comments

From The Daily Star in Lebanon, one of the best websites for news about what's happening there and in Syria, Three Hezbollah fighters, 12 Syrian rebels killed in clashes: Three Hezbollah fighters and 12 Syrian rebels were killed in fierce battles near Syria’s border with Lebanon,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 18, 2013 0 Comments

Some posts from the weekend, which was busier than usual: “Submit We Much” Week at College Insurrection Elizabeth Warren’s heroic Senate demagoguery American Women, not Koch Brothers, birthed the Tea Party Movement Colorlines and The Root accuse Marco Rubio of promoting racism A changing of the tech guard at Legal...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 18, 2013 17 Comments

Or as they say on the internet, NOOOO!!!! Via Byron York: South Carolinians: What is your reaction to this? ow.ly/hOgon — Byron York (@ByronYork) February 18, 2013 Update:  Ugh. Erick Erickson, I Endorse Mark Sanford for Congress.  NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 18, 2013 12 Comments

From John: Living in New England I'm used to being surrounded by those on the opposite end of the political spectrum from myself. Liberals, more often than Conservatives, like to advertize their liberalism in the form of bumper stickers. Here's one such self-congratulating Liberal I found...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 17, 2013 20 Comments

I don't claim to be a marketing genius, and I don't drink much (at which point you collectively say, "that explains a lot"), but it truly made no sense to me when Maker's Mark decided to dilute its bourbon. It has surrendered to the outcry: You spoke....

Posted by Joel Engel on February 17, 2013 10 Comments

It’s a good thing for anti-Semites that Israel exists.  If it weren’t for the Jewish state, they’d have no place to hide their “socialism of fools.”  What used to be considered déclassé—“Jews run the world,”etc.—can now be safely repackaged with little or no criticism as...

Posted by Anne Segal on February 17, 2013 11 Comments

News this morning that one of the three leading contenders for the Democratic nomination in the special election to replace Jesse Jackson, Jr., Toi Hutchinson, has dropped out of the race and endorsed Machine-pick Robin Kelly. This may or may not be related to news recently surfacing...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 17, 2013 103 Comments

The nature of the hostility directed at me has changed over the years. In 2008-2010, it was mostly Obama supporters upset that someone who taught at an Ivy League law school would dissent.  I guess they figured their love letters weren't working, so that has mostly...

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