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Biden Issues 'Full Unconditional Pardon' for Family Members

Biden Issues Preemptive Pardons for Milley, Fauci, J6 Committee, and Others

Part of Israel's Revenge Is To Continue Building, and Growing, and Loving Life, and Being Happy

Ann Coulter’s Moment of Weakness

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 08, 2011 49 Comments

On The O'Reilly Factor (with Laura Ingraham sitting in) the other night, Ann Coulter claimed the status of the only brave conservative on TV willing to criticize Sarah Palin (full transcript at the link, video here): And it doesn't really matter, I might add, that, oh, it's...

Let the Libya “unexpected” consequences begin

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 08, 2011 5 Comments

Such as a "no fly zone" over all of northern Africa, spreading across the globe, because while we broke Muammar Gaddafi's army, we didn't fix the problem of tens of thousands of mobile surface-to-air missiles. As reported by the Christian Science Monitor: At newly discovered weapons-storage sites,...

They have tried everything, but it’s still Detroit

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 08, 2011 6 Comments

They tried, that's for sure: On Sunday, September 14 [2008] at 2:00 p.m. in Detroit's riverside Hart Plaza, more than a thousand individuals of every faith are expected to join together for "I Lift Detroit in prayer." This interfaith ceremony is open to the public and...

Republican Reagan Library Debate – Open (Tweet of the Night added)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 07, 2011 24 Comments

Not going to be "live blogging" it, but will make some observations. Your comments are welcome. Update 8:40 p.m. - at the first break, I can't say there are any clear winners or losers. Romney is doing well, dealing with his "issues" without any real problem. Perry...

Maybe they all will break out in song during Obama’s speech, on a Gibson guitar

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 07, 2011 15 Comments

I wonder if he will get a shout out during the speech: Henry Juszkiewicz, the CEO of Gibson Guitar, will attend President Obama's address to Congress on Thursday as a guest of Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.). Federal agents raided Gibson factories in Tennessee last month as part...

Department of Education to Investigate Antisemitism at Tufts University

Freshmen at Yale Want Stronger Free Speech Protections

American Historical Assoc. Vetoes Controversial Anti-Israel Resolution

Florida Profs File Lawsuit Over New State Law Restricting DEI in Higher Education

More Details Emerge About Departure of Anti-Israel Prof From Columbia

Upcoming Board of Trustees Elections at Cornell Offer Some Hope of Sanity

The Nanny State Doesn’t Like Competition

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on September 07, 2011 20 Comments

From babysitters, that is. From the WSJ: [A proposed bill in California] would require parents to pay caregivers over the age of 18 minimum wage plus overtime, allow a 10-minute rest every four hours and a half-hour meal break after five hours, reports ABC News. The bill was written...

Silence is golden and speaks louder than any teleprompter

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 07, 2011 20 Comments

Love this move: Republicans have decided they're not going to give a rebuttal to President Obama's jobs speech later this week, a decision House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi took as a high affront to the White House. At least three GOP lawmakers also have announced they're not going...

Erick Erickson: “moving on from Sarah Palin is like leaving Scientology”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 07, 2011 146 Comments

I guess that makes me a Scientologist, because I've posted repeatedly that Palin holds a special position because there is no one -- not even George W. Bush -- who has been the subject of the Democratic, mainstream media and left-blogosphere smear machine to the extent Palin has. So...

“Smart Girl” Janis Kelly for Mayor … of Ithaca!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 07, 2011 12 Comments

You want to see me spike the football so hard the earth will shake harder than in the D.C. Earthquake? You have not seen anything like what will take place here if Janis Kelly, Republican and unabashed Tea Party supporter, is elected Mayor of Ithaca. You...

I accept no responsibility

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 07, 2011 16 Comments

for bumper stickers in a foreign language, or in Spanish. But I get the gist of this one just by trying to pronounce it. Thanks to reader John in Texas who writes: Recent reports have President Obama's popularity slipping in the Hispanic community. If this bumper sticker...

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...

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...