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Kulaks Beware: Mamdani Orders Public Hearings To Shame "Ripoff" NYC Landlords

Tim Walz Drops Out of Minnesota Governor Race

Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan Resigns After Felony Conviction

Melt the lines, it will make you feel better

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 07, 2012 3 Comments

From Patricia, who along with the rest of us has been feeling a little gloomy: You are sizzlin', Prof! You have indeed upped your game. Liken it. Just sent this to my congressman, Reid Ribble Republican House better not abandon 59,142,004 voters Contact the House leadership and your Representative. ...

Two Gores and one Kerry ago …

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 07, 2012 17 Comments

From Charles: Been drinking that koolaid since 1996, probably much longer. Decatur, GA ...

Republican House better not abandon 59,142,004 voters

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2012 53 Comments

Charles Krauthammer has it right in a post at NRO tonight, It’s Nothing But a Power Play: Obama’s objective is to fracture the Republican majority in the House Let’s understand President Obama’s strategy in the “fiscal cliff” negotiations. It has nothing to do with economics or real...

Mohammed Morsi not backing down, despite warning from Roger Cohen of NY Times

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2012 13 Comments

Roger Cohen of The NY Times famously told us in February 2011 (emphasis mine): Already we hear the predictable warnings from Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu: This could be Iran 1979, a revolution for freedom that installs the Islamists. But this is not 1979, and Egypt’s...

Branco Cartoon – Surf’s Up

Posted by A.F. Branco on December 06, 2012 7 Comments

Note: You may reprint this cartoon provided you link back to this source. To see more Legal Insurrection Branco cartoons, click here. Branco’s page is Cartoonist A.F.Branco...

Ibram Kendi Reportedly Launching New Center at Howard U. This Month

U. Kentucky Law Prof Suspended for Calling for 'Palestine Everywhere' Wants Federal Judge to Reinstate Him

U. Maryland Still a Hotbed of Anti-Israel Activism

Arizona State U. Administrator Admits School Conceals DEI Instruction Despite Federal Ban

Lipscomb U. Facing Lawsuit Over Allegation That Students are Getting Sick From Black Mold

Conservative Legal Group Urges DOJ Probe of Top Research University Over Alleged Illegal DEI Practices

Democrats’ “Stop or I’ll shoot myself” negotiating strategy working like a charm

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2012 27 Comments

When I read this line in Kurt Schlichter's excellent post, A Lawyer’s Tips on Negotiating for Dummies and Congressional Republicans, I had to laugh: Sound a bit, well, crazy? Unreasonable? Even scary? Good, because a skilled lawyer understands the awesome power of being the craziest, most...

Barack Morsi

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2012 21 Comments

The danger of overplaying one's strong hand....

Jim DeMint resigning from Senate to head up Heritage Foundation (Senator Tim Scott?)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2012 42 Comments

This is a political earthquake (h/t @ErickErickson): South Carolina U.S. Senator Jim DeMint will replace Ed Feulner as president of the Heritage Foundation. Mr. DeMint will leave his post as South Carolina's junior senator in early January to take control of the Washington think tank, which...

When Soviet-style propaganda comes to America, it will be published by the California Federation of Teachers and narrated by Ed Asner

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2012 26 Comments

A video published recently by the California Federation of Teachers and narrated by avowed-socialist Ed Asner gained attention because it showed "rich people" pissing on "poor people." But that is not the real vice of the video. The video is full of substantive lies, as explained brilliantly...

Tunisia, cradle of the Arab Spring, devolves into Islamist nightmare

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2012 9 Comments

In February 2011, Roger Cohen of The NY Times demanded that we abandon the phrase "the Arab Street" as a relic of the past which no longer applied, even as crowds in Tunisia surged around a Synagogue shouting ""Jews, remember Khyabar, the army of Mohammed is returning"": Cohen further asserted...

Diversity, Idaho

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2012 9 Comments

More from Katja: The truck was parked at Costco in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho last Sunday. I had my camera with me, so I had to get a shot, and then realized that just one wouldn't suffice (and I still may have missed a couple, it seems, though...

Go kulak — more of nothing is nothing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2012 39 Comments

Taxes are going up you ungrateful kulaks. Top Marginal Tax Rate Will Exceed 50% in California, New York, and Hawaii in 2013 (h/t Instapundit): This paper compares state-by-state estimates of the top marginal effective tax rates (METRs) on wages, interest, dividends, capital gains, and business income for tax year...

Elizabeth Warren campaign in debt even after raising $42 million

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2012 32 Comments

Elizabeth Warren raised more money this cycle than any other congressional candidate (and is Top 5 all time), but is out of cash, in debt, and begging for more money, via The Boston Globe: Elizabeth Warren – who knows a thing or two about debt and bankruptcy – disclosed...

“Sadly, I was wrong” about Obama, isn’t good enough

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2012 30 Comments

The country deserved better geniuses...

R.I.P. Dave Brubeck

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2012 9 Comments

One of the greats. I have so many of his albums ...

What do Intrade and Nate Silver show for who’s winning the Cairo Street?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2012 15 Comments

I'm going to do this the way I did the U.S. presidential election. Going with my gut. I'm "betting" on (but not rooting for) the Islamists. Unlike the presidential election, I will be right. 'Deadly' clashes at Egypt presidential palace: Supporters of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi attacked opposition protesters...

Fiscal Cliff — the Christmas strategy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2012 22 Comments

So many headlines, so little news. Boehner: Obama must make the next move on ‘fiscal cliff’ “If the president doesn’t agree with our proposal and our outline, I think he’s got an obligation to send one to the Congress and a plan that can pass both chambers...