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Adam Carolla Predicts California Fires Will Change the Politics of the State

Meta Reportedly Removes Tampons From Men’s Bathrooms As Part Of Broad DEI Crackdown

Tim Walz Endorses David Hogg for DNC Vice Chair

NY9 prediction

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 06, 2011 7 Comments

There's an interesting race shaping up in heavily Democratic NY9 to fill the seat vacated by Anthony Weiner (whose Twitter account was proven by the left-blogosphere to have been hacked by Andrew Breitbart, until it turned out it wasn't). Republican Bob Turner is facing off against Democrat...

Just what Wisconsin doesn’t need, an open mtgs rule for Sup Ct deliberations

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 06, 2011 25 Comments

Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson appears to have lost not only the confidence of some Justices on the Court, but the ability to lead the Court. The latest incident, in which (liberal) Justice Ann Walsh Bradley charged with fist raised at (conservative) Justice David Prosser,...

Jet propelled back home

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on September 06, 2011 10 Comments

from overseas to the U.S.A. Good afternoon, all! I'm back from my summer at The Wall Street Journal Europe where I interned as a Bartley Fellow. I'm now in my senior year at Cornell & I will try to post here as much as I can as...

Rhode Island leads the way (into the fiscal abyss)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 06, 2011 5 Comments

You know all about Rhode Island's pension and other fiscal problems stemming from an out-of-control public sector which made promises which could be kept only under the most rosy of scenarios, in a state almost completely controlled by unions: Is Rhode Island Our Future Under Obama? High...

Michele Bachmann doubles down on Ed Rollins

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 06, 2011 7 Comments

Michele Bachmann is doubling down on Ed Rollins, even though health concerns (allegedly) are the reason he will not run her campaign on a day-to-day basis: Sources close to Rep. Michele Bachmann tell National Review Online that the Minnesota Republican has known for days that Ed...

New Governor of West Virginia Bans DEI Policies at All Public Institutions

Former Northeastern University Employee Sentenced to Prison for Bomb Hoax

University of Maine System Will Not Divest From Israel Despite Student Demands

Panel at Oregon State U. Concludes Trump Will be Bad for Minorities

Weber State U. in Utah Removes DEI Language From Mission Statement

North Dakota State U. Policy Includes Pledge Against ‘Violence in Language’

Obama’s Speech to a Joint Session of Bumper Stickers

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 06, 2011 22 Comments

This vehicle looks like a preview of the one liners in Obama's upcoming speech to a Joint Session of Congress. Thanks to commenter Stark who writes: I figured you'd get a kick out this one. This is one of the finer examples of what not to do to...

Is this the fight Democrats really want to have?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 05, 2011 42 Comments

Obama seems to think that just what this country needs is a big fight over which party is more patriotic. At least that's the fight Obama is picking in his speech today in Detroit and reportedly in his upcoming speech to Congress and budget battle: “We’re going to see if...

“President Obama, this is your army. We are ready to march. Let’s take these son of bitches out…”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 05, 2011 48 Comments

Obama gave a speech today. It was in Detroit. Jimmy Hoffa Jr. set the tone as the warm up act (video links below)(h/t @allahpundit): Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa had some profane, combative words for Republicans while warming up the crowd for President Obama in Detroit, Michigan on Monday. "We got...

So you’re telling me he’s clueless

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 05, 2011 15 Comments

From Senator Jim DeMint, some obvious points about Obama's complete lack of understanding of the job market (emphasis mine): "I spent most of m life in business,' DeMint told Glor, "and I'm hearing what the president is talking about, which are temporary incentives like giving a company...

As we collectively raise our hands in class and say “I know, I know”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 05, 2011 9 Comments

Steve Benen, liberal blogger at Washington Monthly, feigns ignorance over why Jon Hunstman is getting so much love and air time from the mainstream media despite no apparent electoral support: The question then becomes why Huntsman, Mr. One Percent, is getting special treatment. I know, I know. Because Hunstman...

Please, no jumping on the MoDo bandwagon

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 05, 2011 7 Comments

So she writes another "Obama's not all he was cracked up to be" column, and everyone is ready to stick a fork in him because MoDo says he's done. Pahleeeese. This is what MoDo does. Two weeks after Republicans nominate someone for president, she'll write a...

Glenn Beck, the Jackie Robinson of Mormonism?

Posted by Matthew Knee on September 05, 2011 23 Comments

Well, kinda-sorta. Glenn Beck was in Israel recently rallying Christian Zionists with his "Restoring Courage" tour, and while most of the discussion about his trip was the usual anti-Christian-conservative rhetoric from liberal Jews who don't want to be associated with "those people," Beck's trip marked a...

Did your poodle also vote for Obama-Biden?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 05, 2011 12 Comments

Thanks to reader Joseph from Jacksonville, who spotted this vehicle in Alameda, California, while on vacation this summer: (Some background on the Texas Oil sticker in a prior post.)...

Presidential Jeopardy gone wild

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 04, 2011 29 Comments

I know exactly where Sen. Jim DeMint is coming from, Obama speech to Congress 'going to be hard for me to watch': “Frankly I am so tired of his speeches, it's going to be hard for me to watch,” said DeMint on CNN’s State of the...

The Chicago Way – Are Democratic Party Operatives Behind Israel’s Anti-Government Protests?

Posted by Matthew Knee on September 04, 2011 12 Comments

A major Israeli newspaper says yes. According to an investigative report by Maariv's Kalman Libeskind, Democratic operative and pollster Stanley Greenberg, who, along with James Carville, Bob Shrum, and others, was part of a team sent by Bill Clinton to drive Netanyahu from office in...

The core of the Tea Party movement

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 04, 2011 66 Comments

I don't have much time to "analyze" Palin's speech in Indianola (text here), Iowa and what it all means in terms of the political landscape. But what jumped out at me is that she expressed one of the core principles of the Tea Party movement, that corporate interests are not...

He always was the “candidate of fear”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 04, 2011 9 Comments

Toby Harndon in The Telegraph writes that Barack Obama, 2008 man of hope and change, becomes 2012 candidate of fear and status quo: [Blaming the Tea Party for the dispute over Obama's appearance before Congress] fits with the campaign strategy Obama appears to have decided on –...