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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2013 9 Comments

And who's Ted? Even bucolic, very liberal, Cooperstown, NY isn't safe from the nefarious anti-Obama bumper sticker. I particularly like poor old George Washington. Can you see him? WTF, indeed. You follow me on twitter, @InpatientMed , an increasingly inpatient physician. Thanks for bringing a little sanity to my...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2013 20 Comments

The video below correctly was termed "cringe-worthy" by Noah Rothman at Mediaite. The cringe-worthy part starts around the 2:30 mark when Melissa Harris-Perry asks the panel for their best race jokes.  (An edited down version is at Newsbusters if you don't want to sit through it all.) Stop...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2013 53 Comments

For all the trees that have been killed and pixels burned by the mainstream media  complaining about the Koch brothers and the vast right-wing conspiracy, the bad news is that the vast left-wing conspiracy is much more effective. Diarest LaborUnionReport at RedState reports on the vast...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2013 9 Comments

What would Mahatma say about college campuses today? From my cold, dead hands: Cornell Student: Gandhi Championed Right to Bear Arms Stanford Student: Colleges Should Allow Concealed Carry U. Iowa Discloses Private Info of Students Who Apply for Gun Permits U. Colorado Removes Crazy List of Tips for Women Facing...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2013 4 Comments

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2013 20 Comments

I'm going to torture you now. Because I can. (I left autorun off because I have some small level of mercy.) Update: Woodward basically calls Obama a liar who moved goal posts washingtonpost.com/opinions/bob-w…— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) February 23, 2013 ...

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

Purim starts Saturday night. Israel Matzav posted this great movie of Purim in Tel Aviv in 1932-34: The Book of Esther is particularly appropriate now....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2013 29 Comments

Ann Coulter appeared on the John Stossel show, and the video is getting a lot of attention.  There was a vigorous back and forth on a variety of issues. The students in the audience were libertarian, sharing many of the social values of modern liberals without...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2013 32 Comments

Thomas K. Brown, a banking industry analyst and investor, writing at BankStocks.com, makes a point similar to what I made in my post, Elizabeth Warren’s heroic Senate demagoguery, that Warren's Banking Committee YouTube performance was pure political grandstanding without substance or legitimate regulatory purpose. As with her...

Posted by David Gerstman on February 22, 2013 7 Comments

WAJ Note -- As mentioned yesterday, David produces an almost daily Mideast Media Sampler newsletter, which we will be running at LI.  It is a great way to keep up with media reports about the Middle East. --------- 1) One last Hagel post In the Hagel Pinata, Marc Ambinder...

Posted by David Gerstman on February 22, 2013 11 Comments

A recent Washington Post editorial, The blame game over sequestration concludes: Meanwhile, Mr. Obama seems content to warn of dire cutbacks in everything from naval operations to firefighters and to accuse the GOP of risking them to protect the wealthy. The Republicans denounce the sequester as Mr. Obama’s brainchild (though...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2013 5 Comments

From Ben: On the left coast this little cultural tit for tat has been developing for a couple years. First there was So Cal. Meaning Southern California. As in, that's So Cal. Then Nor Cal for Northern. And now we have No Cal with the the state of...

Posted by Anne Segal on February 21, 2013 13 Comments

Robin Kelly, one of the leading Democrats running in the congressional special election primary to replace Jesse Jackson, Jr., is under fire this week after it was revealed that an internal investigation by the State Treasurer's Inspector General recommended she be disciplined. In response to this...

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