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KathleenAccording to the SF Chronicle:Despite the promise that President Obama's first Facebook town hall would open a new level of two-way communication with his constituents, social-networking technology didn't add much to the conversation.Obama answered just eight questions during Wednesday's hour-long session at Facebook's secondary headquarters...

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Recall Wirch has filed petitions to recall Democratic state Senator Robert Wirch.According to the Wisconsin GAB website, an "estimated" 18,300 signatures were filed, far in excess of the 13,537 needed to require a recall election.As reported by JSOnline, Democrats already are attacking the Recall Wirch...

Thank you, New York Times, for putting up your paywall.  Although there are ways around it, as my readers have suggested, I'm actually glad you made it more difficult to access your content.So much of my material over the past two and one-half years came...

The credentialed but unhinged class is making life really easy for moi:A University of Iowa professor felt the need to reply to a blast email by the College Republicans on Monday morning. Ellen Lewin, a professor of Anthropology and Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies in the...

Ken Layne, the owner and lead editor of Wonkette, is in damage control mode over the article by recent college grad Jack Stuef ripping into and mocking Trig Palin.Dave Weigel (h/t Instapundit) received this e-mail from Layne:I have four kids myself and I wouldn't want them mocked...

Local news in Wisconsin is reporting that JoAnne Kloppenburg has filed for a full statewide recount.Details to follow.Updates: Unfortunately I did not get to watch the news conference live. From what I read, it was a real tinfoil hat moment. I'll post video as soon...

KathleenI wish all my apolitical friends could see this:Or watch an episode of this:Or even just read this. Because maybe we'd see less nonsense and more progress.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

On July 28, 2009, I posted about the obsession at Wonkette, a widely read liberal website, with attacking Trig Palin, Wonkette Goes After Trig Palin Again.  The author of the Wonkette article which was the focus of the 2009 post was Ken Layne, the co-owner of Wonkette after...

A report commissioned by the City of Providence finds that then Mayor, now Congressman, David Cicilline is responsible for the fiscal mess, which has been the subject of numerous prior posts here.  Most famously, Providence recently was forced to issue preemptive termination notices to every teacher in the Providence...

I may have found a new go-to website, Aish.com, which produced the Google Exodus video I posted earlier this morning, and this video:--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Via Prof. Bainbridge:Not again.  How could he? --------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

If you have a better example of public sector union idiocy, please post the link in the comments.The police union in Scranton, PA has filed a grievance against the city because the non-union police chief made an arrest while off-duty.   The union claims that the...

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The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB) has completed its inquiry into the Waukesha County vote count, which put David Prosser into the lead by 7316 votes, and has found the vote count to be accurate, with only a handful of questioned votes.As reported by The Milwaukee...

KathleenApparently one of Ron Paul's other sons is considering running for the Senate in Texas. While I really have enjoyed Rand Paul's contributions to our political discourse, Robert Paul should not run in Texas. Since I first looked at the Senate race in Texas, it...

About 30 people in Providence, RI protested outside a Bank of America branch as part of MoveOn.org's Tax Day: Make Them Pay national protest.The video below shows two of the protesters accompanied by someone taking video entering the bank to present a "tax bill" to BofA.  I...