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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2013 32 Comments

A few related thoughts. First: https://twitter.com/jtLOL/status/387344493512372224 Second: Watch MSNBC all day long and keep in mind that, for the vast majority of the reporters covering politics in Washington, MSNBC is the Gospel Truth. Realize that the ambitious younger journalists in the White House press corps dream of the day...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2013 28 Comments

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement, as our readers know, is a vile combination of leftists and Islamists joined together by hatred of Israel who hide behind false and exaggerated claims regarding the "occupation," when the real goal is the destruction of Israel. The BDS...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2013 63 Comments
Press conference now over. If you missed it, you missed one of the most demeaning, pejorative performances I've ever seen by any President. I say "one of" because it's possible there's a more snide performance I've forgotten. But today was memorable. Just more of the eliminationist rhetoric about ransoms and extortion and so on. And with one exception, all of the questions were completely soft-ball. Obama Presser analysis in one Tweet: https://twitter.com/LegInsurrection/status/387644763920269312 Nile Gardner got the headline right (via Fuzzy):

President Obama throws a tantrum

  These were my feelings during the press conference as well: Updates in reverse chron: https://twitter.com/LegInsurrection/status/387657718518935552

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2013 21 Comments

A group of 40 tourists peasants stormed Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, Florida, as reported by First Coast News (h/t Amy): A group of tourists didn't let the government shutdown or the gate at the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine stop them Monday. A...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2013 19 Comments

From J in Virginia: A hodge podge of lunatic-left imagery. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2013 18 Comments

Laurel's list of inflammatory schoolyard taunts by senior Democratic politicians and their spokesmen reflected the increasingly eliminationist rhetoric which is part of Democratic shut-down scale-back strategy. Perhaps it's time for a new list: Mainstream Media Gone Wild, or something similar. I know that No. 1 on the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2013 24 Comments

I guess this goes in either the "there he goes again" or "chutzpah" files. Tropical Storm Karen is expected to make landfall later this week in the Gulf of Mexico.  FEMA started recalling workers several days ago to prepare for the storm, and in any event,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2013 4 Comments

It was, as usual, a busy weekend.  We covered a number of "Barrycade" events.  John Nolte at Breitbart.com has an even more extensive list of petty and unnecessary closures and lock-outs.. Here are some of the shut-down scale-back related items we covered, in case you missed...

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