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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

Palin in Iowa Video – No one does it better

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): ...

Most Obvious Tweet of the Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 19, 2011 6 Comments

From Taegan Goddard: ...

“over 66 percent expect that the size of their workforce will either stay the same or decrease over the next year”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 19, 2011 11 Comments

Those are the findings of a survey of CEO's by ChiefExecutive.net (h/t @billhobbs): Unemployment numbers remain consistently high and CEOs are wary of future business conditions. In fact, chief executives are so pessimistic that over 66 percent expect that the size of their workforce will either...

The new anti-Semitism

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 19, 2011 8 Comments

As explained in The Secret Passion of the New Antisemitism (h/t @yaacovlozowick): What distinguishes antisemitic propaganda from legitimate criticism, then, is the stubborn insistence on holding Israel to standards from which other countries are exempt, and the demand that Jews be denied a right to which other...

More on the Widener Law School controversy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 19, 2011 9 Comments

As you know, I have been following the case of Widener Law School Professor Lawrence Connell for several months. Connell claimed that he was singled out by two students for false accusations of racism and sexism, and that the Widener administration backed the students without bothering with...

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

Russ Feingold just says no to WI Dems hopes

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 19, 2011 8 Comments

The great hope for Wisconsin Democrats has been that former Senator Russ Feingold would run in a recall election next year against Republican Gov. Scott Walker. Since Democrats are likely to get enough signatures to force a recall, Democrats also will need a strong candidate...

Pièce de résistance

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 19, 2011 15 Comments

Thanks to reader John who writes: I was walking around Portland, ME while on vacation last week, and this car made me think of you. Enjoy and keep up the good work. ...

Rick Perry Vetting and Palinizing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 18, 2011 50 Comments

It's coming too fast and furious, and in some cases is too bizarre, to summarize here. And some of the charges are not worth repeating. While I'm sure his supporters are frustrated, they shouldn't be. Better to get it all out there and deal with it now. He'll...

The 1000

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 18, 2011 36 Comments

Sometime today the 1,000th User registered here. Exactly two months after registration opened with the move away from Blogger, and about six weeks after The 500. I haven't forgotten about Phase 2, it's just that things have been a bit busy. Thanks for signing on. I'll stop now, before...

If this is “halfway there,” can you imagine what “there” will be?

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

It's hopeless with the current man at top. Flickers of job hope quickly fade because there is a cloud hanging over the country's economy and job growth: The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week rose back above the 400,000 level in the latest week,...

Multiple Terrorist Attacks in Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 18, 2011 15 Comments

There were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Israel overnight (our time, noon Israeli time). At least six people were killed, and the attacks apparently emanated, at least in part, from Egyptian territory. Israel Matzav is gathering the latest information. Updates: The Israel Defense Forces reports that...

Obama Demands Israel Apologize To Islamist Erdogan For Stopping Terror Flotilla…Or Else!

Posted by Matthew Knee on August 18, 2011 9 Comments

Israel Today reports that the Obama Administration has demanded that Israel apologize to Turkey for last Summer's raid on the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish-flagged ship leading a "Freedom Flotilla" of "peace activists," which attempted to break the blockade on the Terrortory of Hamastan (a.k.a. Gaza). This...

Bumper stickers work in mysterious ways

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 18, 2011 9 Comments

On Tuesday I posted a video of Andrew Klavan debunking the "War Is Not The Answer" bumper sticker, and I thought to myself, funny how I haven't seen one of those in Ithaca. So driving to campus Wednesday, what do I see? ...

Here come the concessions

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 17, 2011 6 Comments

What was the first thing that popped into your mind when you read the post title? The Super-Committee, right? When talks break down we're going "to make a series of dangerous unilateral concessions to try to convince" the Democrats "to come back to the conference table." Well, not...

“Firebaggers” willing to take one for Team Obama

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 17, 2011 11 Comments

This is really strange. The first time I heard the term "Firebagger" (a play on you know what) was when Joan Walsh (of Salon.com) and Jane Hamsher (of Firedoglake, hence the "Firebagger" term) had the race card played on them because of their criticisms of Obama. ...

So tell me, again, about Paul Ryan

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 17, 2011 43 Comments

New reports have surfaced (h/t CharlieSykes) that Paul Ryan is reconsidering his prior decision not to run for President: As Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan comes to a final decision about running for president, several top national conservatives are encouraging him to join the race. Ryan, who has...

… and also to use the blood of Egyptian children to make Matzah