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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 05, 2012 13 Comments

in Ithaca, too. Thanks to reader Bob, who writes: This was taken in Ann Arbor Michigan on the way to a football game. I had my grand daughter take it since I was driving (safety first). Love your blog, it’s a daily read.   ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 04, 2012 119 Comments

I'll post the Nevada results later.  Romney won big there in 2008  (51.1%) because of the heavy Mormon turnout at the caucuses and is expected to do so again. The big story was the revelation in The NY Times that the Romney campaign, both directly and...

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on February 04, 2012 43 Comments

Rick Santorum recently released  an attack ad on Newt Gingrich criticizing him as a big government conservative touting the line, “Rick Santorum for President. He doesn’t just talk a good conservative game, he lives it.” Why is Santorum drawing attention to his fellow candidates' records of...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 04, 2012 26 Comments

I have followed cycling for many years, and at one point was a pretty good cyclist myself. The family went to Paris in 2005 to watch Lance Armstrong's last victory ride down the Champs-Élysées (as it turned out it was not his last ride, as he...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 04, 2012 44 Comments

Conservative blogger John Hawkins (Right Wing News and elsewhere) poses the age-old conservative question: Choose to have your head cut off with a chainsaw (voting for Obama) or just a limb removed (voting for Mitt). John chooses life and limb (he's a Newt supporter). ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 04, 2012 6 Comments

I've just added a feature I think you will enjoy, The Legal Insurrection Daily. As you know, I use Twitter a great deal for the most up to date news, to interact with other bloggers, and to promote LI.  I have over 4100 followers on Twitter,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 04, 2012 6 Comments

The Pallywood cottage industry of fake or misleading photos meant to demonize Israel never ceases. Last June I addressed this photo then circulating on Facebook purporting to show an Israeli soldier stepping on a Palestinian girl: Via information provided by Israel Matzav, I pointed out that the soldier...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 04, 2012 15 Comments

Or they simply may be economically rational people.  Either way, it's revolting. From reader Jeff, taken in Bradenton, Florida: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2012 74 Comments

We are at the mercy of misleading statistics which nonetheless form the media narrative. I posted earlier today about workers leaving the workforce in droves, which drives down the nominal unemployment rate and renders it a misleading statistic.  Yet the details are the details, and the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2012 23 Comments

It happens on Fridays for me. Someday the truth will out, Newt Did Not Resign in Disgrace. Someday the truth will out, Sen Graham: We Were Too Hard on Newt in 1997. Someday the truth will out, Mark Levin goes nuclear over Romney’s inability to explain conservatism.  (h/t...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 03, 2012 16 Comments

The big news this week was Facebook's initial IPO filing. The paperwork itself makes a good read, apparently "Facebook users upload 250 million photos a day, signal that they “like” items posted by friends about 2.7 billion times a day, and have created a web...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2012 33 Comments

More news about the drop in the labor participation rate, via Zero Hedge (emphasis in original): A month ago, we joked when we said that for Obama to get the unemployment rate to negative by election time, all he has to do is to crush the labor...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2012 55 Comments

Mitt Romney has outspent Newt Gingrich on negative advertising in every state, starting in Iowa, and was the first to go negative every time. Yet Romney, with absolute conviction, continues to say that the reason he lost South Carolina was that he was outspent by Newt,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2012 9 Comments

Thanks to reader Jennifer, who writes: Another picture for your bumper sticker collection… spotted this afternoon outside of Raleigh NC. Gotta love it! Keep up the good work. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2012 31 Comments

You remember Bob Etheridge, the long time Democratic Congressman from North Carolina who made internet fame with this performance: He was unseated by Renee Ellmers. But he's back, and he's running for Governor of North Carolina (h/t @John Nolte): In a statement Thursday, Etheridge said: "After considerable thought and a...

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