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When They Say 'Globalize The Intifada' They Mean Like The New Orleans Terrorist Mass Murder

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT): RFK, Jr. "Wants To Kill Our Kids"

Meet the Deflection: Schumer Denies Democrats Misled on Biden’s Decline

Is There Such A Thing As Being “Too Grouchy To Blog”?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 12, 2011 9 Comments

Look, I can understand someone being too worn out to blog. After all, blogger burnout is a serious problem, often resulting in bloggers falling back on the old trick of pumping out quick, newsy bits and links in lieu of substance. How can we be expected to work the fields...

Fear Factor 2012

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

Reader John forwarded me this quote from Caroline Glick written in late May regarding Obama's position on Israel's borders:The question is, why are American Jewish leaders defending Obama?It would seem that there are three possible explanations.The first explanation is fear. Several American Jewish philanthropists have...

Michele Bachmann Doesn’t Seem To Understand How Ed Rollins Is Hurting Her

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 11, 2011 7 Comments

Michele Bachmann was interviewed by The Wall Street Journal:"If I'm in, I'll be all in," says Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, artfully dodging my question of whether she's running for president. Given that she just hired campaign strategist Ed Rollins, whose past clients include Ross Perot...

Chinese Communist State-Run News Objectively Declares Chinese Communists Objective Historians of Chinese Communism

Posted by Matthew Knee on June 11, 2011 4 Comments

Its not The Onion, its the chutzpah of authoritarianism.China's state-run Xinhua news service praised the Chinese Communist Party's latest volume of the "History of the Chinese Communist Party" as objective, containing "No exaggeration of glory and no denial of failure."Among other things, they blame...

Exclusive Video – MSM Launches Palin Email Probe

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 11, 2011 14 Comments

And the whole world was watching:Who is responsible for the failure to launch? According to The NY Times, Palin of course:Another near certainty whenever Ms. Palin is involved: a media spectacle. Like I said, it practically writes itself.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the...

Study Suggests Brown University Radicalized Students Following October 7th

Population Decline is Going to Hurt Higher Education

Historically Black University's Marching Band Scolded by Leftists for Agreeing to Perform at Trump Inauguration

Ron DeSantis Appoints Conservatives to University of West Florida Board

Frat Members at San Diego State U. Charged After Pledge is 'Set on Fire' at Party

Couple That Threw Firebombs at U. Pittsburgh Michael Knowles Event Sentenced to Prison and to Pay Restitution

Weinergate Development Takes a Back Seat to Palin Emails

Posted by Michael Alan on June 10, 2011 7 Comments

(By Michael Alan)As the mainstream media descends upon Juneau to do opposition research on someone who hasn't been governor for almost two years, a crucial development in the Weinergate story--about a sitting Congressman that may very well have pursued underage girls--is being completely ignored.Any one...

Behold The Mainstream Media Eating Its Own Anti-Palin Bile – A Running List of Headlines

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 10, 2011 40 Comments

A collection of headlines from the mainstream media after a feeding frenzy to break stories regarding the 24,000+ e-mails released by the State of Alaska from Sarah Palin's time as Governor. The rushed headlines and analysis reveal the mainstream media desperately seeking ways to confirm its long-standing...

Obama Mishandling of Libya Hurting Efforts Against Syria

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 10, 2011 4 Comments

I saw this coming from a mile away. Actually, from two months away.Obama insisted on a U.N. Security Council Resolution authorizing a no-fly zone in Libya. But the U.S. and NATO attacks on Libya have exceeded the U.N. mandate. What was hailed as a major...

Ed Rollins Is Hardly The Spokesman For “Seriousness”

Posted by Michael Alan on June 10, 2011 7 Comments

(by Michael Alan)By now you've probably heard veteran campaign strategist Ed Rollins' comments about Sarah Palin:Sarah has not been serious over the last couple of years. She got the vice presidential thing handed to her. She didn't go to work in the sense of trying...

Commence Operation Counterweight

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 10, 2011 16 Comments

Why do I have this feeling that the back-stabbing and petty politics of the Republican insiders are going to leave me completely unexcited about the presidential campaign, and more focused on electing conservatives to Congress as a counterweight to the (hoped for) new Republican President?Fight...

So Tell Me About Rick Perry

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 10, 2011 35 Comments

The buzz is that Rick Perry has hired away some former Newt senior campaign staffers, and is giving serious consideration to jumping in the race.I truly don't know much about him. So tell me about Rick Perry.Updates: Since we're having comment function problems, I'll post...

Yale Students Didn’t Want To Know The Inconvenient Truth About Anti-Semitism

Posted by Matthew Knee on June 10, 2011 8 Comments

(by Matthew Knee)Yale recently announced the closing of the The Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA), America's first academic institute to study anti-Semitism, citing a lack of scholarly output and student interest. The overall Jewish community, and some newspaper columnists, ...

The first ever “live coverage” of a document release, with conclusions jumped to by people with an agenda spread in real time via Twitter by the elite of the mainstream media.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 10, 2011 22 Comments

I get so infuriated when Republicans pile on Sarah Palin not over policy but through personal insult because these people don't seem to understand that they are joining in a mob which eventually will come around to beat down their own favorite candidate. And as of today,...

Flash in the Pants

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 09, 2011 10 Comments

Isn't that what got him in trouble?That's all this is. Irrelevant nonsensical measurements of supposed "authority" using some unknown computer formula which is the equivalent of "voodo blogometrics." Forget I ever mentioned it. It will be gone in a flash.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit...

Dear Michele Bachmann, If Ed Rollins Stays, I Go

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 09, 2011 17 Comments

...An adviser to Rep. Michele Bachmann sends over this fairly ruffles-smoothing statement: “The Congresswoman has nothing but admiration and respect for Governor Palin. The two enjoy a good friendship, and Rep. Bachmann looks forward to working with the Governor for the common goal of making...

Newtiny

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 09, 2011 5 Comments

This always happen. I'm away from the internet for most of the day -- en route this time to my in-laws' 65th wedding anniversary weekend in Florida -- and stuff happens.Newt is on a cruise somewhere with the Mrs., and his staff resigns en masse. Via...

Soon to be tossed into history’s dustbin

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 09, 2011 3 Comments

Spotted by a reader in Cockeysville (not making that up), Maryland:(P.S., notice the photo was taken at a red light. Nice.)--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...