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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...

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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...

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

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

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

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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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...

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...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2012 14 Comments

Interesting post at an interesting blog run by Yaacov Lozowick for the Israeli State Archives, What's a Proportional Response? Here's a fascinating document from December 13th 1955, in which the Ministers' Committee for Security and Foreign Affairs discussed a clash which had taken place two nights...

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