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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 22, 2011 11 Comments

I just listened to Obama's statement on Libya, and while he didn't spike the football, he's pretty proud of himself. And, if as it now appears Qaddafi is gone, and if what replaces him is not even worse, then Obama should be proud of himself.  But...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 22, 2011 19 Comments

This is classic (h/t BlazingCatFur). A member of the anti-Israel Boycott Divest Sanction movement (we've seen their moonbat tactics before) confronted Muslim shop owners in London demanding that they not sell Israeli products.  The shop owners were not intimidated and demanded to know why she wasn't in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 22, 2011 29 Comments

This video of Karl Rove handing Bill Burton (former Obama press spokesman) his head on a platter has made the rounds.  Burton played the "blame Bush" and "blame Republicans" game as an excuse for all of Obama's failures, and Rove eviscerated those arguments. Bashing Rove is in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 22, 2011 42 Comments

... in order to pay for your grand spending plans is that sometimes you run out of rich: ... based on 2009 IRS figures, ... the number of taxpayers reporting annual income over $1 million fell 39 percent between 2007 and 2009; the number of super-wealthy...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 21, 2011 10 Comments

I've written previously about George Washington's 1790 letter to the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, in my post Passover Is No Time To Wish For The End Of Christian America Washington's letter should be required reading, but I doubt many people have read it. But today in...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 21, 2011 19 Comments

Based on news reports and live coverage from SkyNews and others, it appears that Tripoli is about to fall to rebel forces. Whether it is hours or a day or two, it seems on the cusp. Updates:  Things seem to be moving fast.  Israel Matzav has video...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 21, 2011 18 Comments

"Be a modern day Robin Hood" was the subject line of an e-mail received by reader redc1c4. The body of the e-mail is below (red circle added).  It was hawking social work school, where one can specialize, among other things, in "welfare planning." The reaction from redc1c4 is that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 21, 2011 6 Comments

From @MargieInTelAviv: I would add one thing, "Easy, just stop firing rockets at us ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 21, 2011 9 Comments

Hey, I missed this controversy until it was over. Via Instapundit (who is not anonymous), an anonymous law professor blogger created a blog called Inside The Law School Scam.  For about two weeks the anonymous law professor claimed to "out" all sorts of bad behavior at...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 21, 2011 10 Comments

Lots doing in the world. The end is near for Qaddafi, or not, who knows:  "Libyan rebels said they were less than 20 miles from  Muammar al-Qaddafi's main stronghold of Tripoli on Sunday, a day after  opposition fighters launched their first attack on the city.  The...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 21, 2011 3 Comments

... something nice to wake up to on a Sunday morning. Sent by reader Linda from Tennessee: [Note: Text corrected, photo not taken on I-24]...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 20, 2011 27 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: A couple of weeks before the 2008 election, in one of my first blog posts, I wrote: The suppression of legitimate political expression through false accusations of racism by the Obama...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 20, 2011 11 Comments

The fallout from the handling of the case of Prof. Lawrence Connell is starting to be felt at Widener Law School. Widener has confirmed that two members of Widener Law School's Board of Overseers and fundraising subcommittee have resigned.  In an e-mail to me, Widener's Director...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 20, 2011 38 Comments

He didn't pass it through Congress, even though he had overwhelming majorities for almost two years, because there were not enough votes.  He also didn't do it by regulation, because that would take time and be subject to public comment and other messy procedures. Instead, Obama...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 20, 2011 7 Comments

I defy you to point to a single sentence written by Marx or Lenin complaining about corporate jet owners, or a single sentence uttered by Obama demanding that the kulaks pay their "fair share" of the harvest. Thanks to reader Rich who writes: I saw this pair of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 19, 2011 82 Comments

Regardless of whether you support her or not, for President or not, no one does inspirational political (campaign?) videos better than Palin. Palin's Mama Grizzlies and Together videos were historic. This is another home run (h/t TheOtherMcCain): ...

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