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Trump Targets American Bar Association Accreditation Power - Something I've Advocated For Years

Rep. Frederica Wilson Urges People to 'Threaten' Lawmakers Over Deportations

Democrats Burn Their 'No One Is Above the Law' Card in Response to Wisconsin Judge's Arrest

OWS Pays Children Cigarettes For Fraudulent Recall Scott Walker Signatures

Posted by Matthew Knee on November 21, 2011 3 Comments

What happens when you combine OWS with the Recall Walker movement? A perfect storm of horrible (embedding not working for me right now, so linked): Hat tip: GatewayPundit....

Disrespectful booing of national figures, and the people who do it

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

You probably have heard about the inappropriate booing of one of our national figures. Such conduct undoubtedly reflected latent racial tingedness and ethnic subtextism. The Southern Poverty Law Center has issued a profile of the type of person who engages in such conduct, after an exhaustive study of the person who once threw a...

No you don’t read banned books

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

... unless you read the Bible in public school. Spotted this vehicle in Albany, NY, last week when I made a day trip there (about 3 hours from Ithaca): ...

“he will need to wage the most negative campaign in history to stand any chance”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 20, 2011 22 Comments

So? What makes you think that would give him a second thought? The quoted language in the headline is from Pat Caddell and Doug Shoen in a column at The Wall Street Journal urging Obama not to run for re-election for the sake of preserving the...

Why is Chris Matthews portraying Obama as “The Other”?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 20, 2011 20 Comments

How often have we heard that portraying Obama as out of touch with the American people constitutes a racially tinged and undertoned use of Otherness? Just the other day Rick Perry was accused of invoking Otherness when he said Obama had been privileged: Rick Perry, seeking to paint President...

Jewish Students at Yale React to Anti-Israel Demonstrations on Campus

Education Dept. Demands Harvard Release More Records on its Foreign Funding

St. Andrews University in North Carolina to Close After Spring 2025 Semester

CUNY Students Pepper Sprayed by Police While Trying to Establish ‘Liberated Zone’ on Campus

Trump to Deliver Commencement Speech at U. Alabama, Democrats Outraged

Muslim Group CAIR Wants Biden ‘War Criminals’ to Lose Academic Gigs

What was this all about?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 20, 2011 17 Comments

I had not heard this story before, but then again, I didn't pay much attention to the Republican primaries in 2008: In 2008 it was uncovered long after the primaries had been concluded that the Romney campaign staff had in unethical and covert ways infiltrated prominent conservative...

Super Committee Sunday

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 20, 2011 14 Comments

The so-called Super Committee is on the brink of failure, if it has not already failed: The congressional committee tasked with reducing the federal deficit is poised to admit defeat as soon as Monday, and its unfinished business will set up a year-end battle over emergency...

“Does anyone have water?”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 20, 2011 67 Comments

I have not been particularly sympathetic to the activities of Occupy protests around the country, as the message often is one of self-wallowing pity, misplaced blame, and in some cases, vile rhetoric. The conduct often has been violent. There is a video circulating of police at the...

On 11-8-2008 Robert Novak looked into the future and saw … Newt

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 20, 2011 6 Comments

Robert Novak, writing just after Obama defeated John McCain and Democrats solidified their hold on Congress, predicted that Republicans would turn to Newt Gingrich to lead them back to presidential power in 2012, Newt in 2012? (via @jmartpolitico): In serious conversations among Republicans since their election debacle Tuesday,...

Baroke

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 20, 2011 4 Comments

Thanks to reader Cathy who writes: Spotted at Sonny's BBQ, Sanford Florida, today at lunch. My favorite is lower left. 'and we thought Carter sucked'. AmenPersonally, I prefer the "Tell Barack I'm baroke." ...

Romney going all out in Iowa

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 19, 2011 14 Comments

As reported by The NY Times, Romney Shifts in Iowa, Playing to Win Quickly: Mr. Romney, who has been cautiously calibrating expectations about his chances in a state full of social conservatives, is now playing to win the Iowa caucuses. Television commercials are on the way,...

Saturday Night Card Game (Never let a good child abuse case go to waste)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 19, 2011 5 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: The child abuse accusations against Jerry Sandusky rightly have captured the attention of the nation. The protests of students after it was announced the Joe Paterno was removed as...

How we should discuss income inequality

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 19, 2011 17 Comments

I've been trying to articulate the way to engage with OWS-sympathizers for the past few weeks. It's hard to write-off some aspects of the OWS gripes: some sectors have seen an inordinate amount of favoritism from the government while a lot of the middle class...

Florida Senate seat in play

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

I previously posted about Connie Mack IV's decision to run for the Senate, and wondered what his chances would be. Looks like they are pretty good, according to Rasmussen: Republican Congressman Connie Mack changed his mind late last month about challenging longtime Democratic Senator Bill Nelson in...

Sheldon Whitehouse, luckiest investor in America?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 19, 2011 12 Comments

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), who has been vicious in his attacks on opponents of Obamacare, is accused of insider trading in the days before the October 2008 market crash: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island also made a flurry of trades in the days after the Paulson-Bernanke meeting with ...

Newt and Mitt 1994

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 19, 2011 20 Comments

I have started watching videos from the earlier days of Newt and Romney. I wasn't politically conscious in 1994, so much of this is new to me. I find the contrasts interesting, including this short clip of Romney running from "the time of Reagan-Bush," and the somewhat...

We will fight them in the elevators

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 19, 2011 3 Comments

Thanks to reader Jennifer who writes ...