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Lie of the Year: Joe Biden Is "Sharp, Intensely Probing, Detail-Oriented, and Focused"

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) calls for creating Dem "war machine" to stop Republicans

Jimmy Carter's Presidency and Post-Presidency - A Brutal Assessment By National Review

Storming the Senate

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 23, 2011 19 Comments

According to Larry Sabato's "Crystal Ball," Republicans are likely to take control of the Senate in 2012: As we take a fresh look at next year’s Senate races, one thing is clear: Barring an unexpected reelection landslide by President Obama, Republicans are at least slightly favored...

5 Russian Nuclear Experts Aiding Iran Die In Plane Crash

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 23, 2011 12 Comments

While there has been plenty of speculation that Israel has been assassinating Iranians involved in Iran's nuclear program, and sabotaging the program through Stuxnet and other means, would the Israelis sabotage an entire passenger plane to get at five key Russian nuclear experts involved in...

“Release Baby Release” is the new “Drill Baby Drill”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 23, 2011 15 Comments

Yes, "drill baby drill" will not increase the supply of oil this month, but if we had been drilling baby drilling the past two and one-half years, instead of stifling production almost everywhere, we would not need to be releasing our strategic petroleum reserves. Via...

If Even Ben Bernanke’s Not On Your Side, You Know You’re Spending Too Much . . .

Posted by Michael Alan on June 23, 2011 2 Comments

While I’m certainly not a fan, especially of his policies like the finally ending QE2, I was pleasantly surprised to see Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke offer up a sliver of straight talk on President Obama’s record breaking deficits earlier this week. Prodded to respond to the...

Unattended children of vegans will be given hamburgers and milkshakes

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 23, 2011 8 Comments

Spotted by prolific bumper sticker photographer Jason in Asheville, NC. (no animals were harmed in the taking of these photos) ...

Rutgers Law School Published Paper With Multiple False Anti-Israel Talking Points

Lynn University Prof Proclaims Innocence After Being Accused of Living in a 'Nazi Fantasy'

NY Times Reporter Admits Regret Over Role in Kavanaugh Smear Campaign

Is TikTok Brainwashing Young People?

UConn Medical School Invites Trans People to Train Students in ‘Gender-Affirming Care’

Young Progressives are Embracing Antisemitism Based on Lies

Someone please explain LinkedIn to me

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 22, 2011 25 Comments

Apparently Legal Insurrection has a LinkedIn account. I discovered this tonight. I must have forgotten about it. It's somewhat spooky, because when I signed in to respond to an invitation, it started suggesting people to me, and these are people I actually knew. And not just...

Obama Afghanistan Speech in One Sentence

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 22, 2011 22 Comments

... "We got bin Laden, and our troops will be out early in my second term if you reelect me, because we got bin Laden, and I never will forget the sacrifice of the troops who helped me get bin Laden, USA USA USA!"...

Legal Insurrection now goes on Blago verdict watch

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 22, 2011 2 Comments

I was afraid this would happen. Drawn into the Blago saga once again, unable to resist now that the jury just finished its 8th day of deliberations without a verdict. The Chicago Sun-Times' Blago Blog reports: Rod Blagojevich's jury ends day 8 of their discussions. The panel of 11 women...

Hey Ed Rollins, you deal with it

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 22, 2011 16 Comments

Your candidate is getting the predictable Palin-treatment, but of course, you have so pissed off Palin supporters, you deal with it. After all, you are a serious campaign consultant. Michele Bachmann's Holy War, at Rolling Stone, has this image accompanying the article, which says pretty much all...

Slow news day, so it’s time for … Stuxnet!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 22, 2011 1 Comment

Via the Iranian Fars News Agency: Iranian Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi said that his ministry has provided the country's state and private firms and organizations with the necessary security instructions and measures to confront possible cyber attacks. "The intelligence ministry has notified the different bodies of the...

Don’t Pile On Newt

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 22, 2011 15 Comments

Newt's campaign has its troubles. But there's no reason to pile on Newt because of the Tiffany's credit line story. That's just how the media does it; what difference does it make how he spends his money as long as it's legal, nothing that touches on...

Israel – Demographic Superpower

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 22, 2011 7 Comments

The demographic argument against Israel is overstated. Contrary to what commonly is believed, the non--Jewish population in the West Bank is not growing so rapidly that Israel's Jewish majority is threatened: Respected Israeli demographer Yoram Ettinger wisely warns: "Beware of Palestinians Bearing Demographic Numbers." His data indicate that...

“Yes We Can’t”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 22, 2011 6 Comments

Sent by reader Thomas, who writes: Took this at Redwood National Park on Saturday. I'm actually from Porland OR and sent the Hybrid Bumper sticker picture before. Notice on the picture of Pres. Obama standing at the podium (passenger side taillight) "missing" the American flag.Don't jump...

Blago, How Art Thou?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 21, 2011 5 Comments

There was a time long ago, in December 2008 soon after this blog was founded, that this blog was almost all Blagojevich all the time, and the keeper of The Official Guide to Blagojevich Blogs . (What made it "Official"? You'll have to read the post to...

Confirmed – Netroots Nation 2012 Chose Providence To Keep RightOnline Away

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 21, 2011 25 Comments

I posted yesterday about my suspicions that Netroots Nation 2012 was scheduled for Providence, RI, a small convention market (and near my home in RI) in order to keep RightOnline away by booking almost all the major convention space and hotel rooms. Netroots Nation has been...

“Why should we devote resources begging people to act in their own self interest?”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 21, 2011 12 Comments

That's the question asked by Justin Katz at Anchor Rising, a Rhode Island based conservative blog, in the context of handwringing over the "skills gap" and plan to pump more money into motivating people to get educated: They'll seek to pour additional money into secondary and...

Yelena Bonner

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 21, 2011 2 Comments

It is with sadness that I read of the passing of Yelena Bonner, the wife of Andrei Sakharov, at age 88 in Boston. The story is at CIF Watch, Yelena Bonner - Courageous Jewish Leftist: I have read several obits for Yelena Bonner, who died in...