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Congress Must Stop Trump From Being Sworn In, Argues Column in The Hill

Younger Generation Support for Luigi Mangione Reflects "A Strong Anti-Capitalist Trend on Campuses"

Israel's Pager Operation Disoriented and Severely Damaged Hezbollah, Here's How They Did It

Collateral Damage To Anti-Bush Mythology About The Hunt For Bin Laden

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2011 13 Comments

The relentless banter by the mainstream media and others (including by some in the comments here) is that Bush let bin Laden get away at Tora Bora and gave up the search. As the facts come out in the wake of bin Laden's death, bits...

Condi Rice v Lawrence O’Donnell

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2011 14 Comments

A person who knows the facts, versus an agenda-driven hack so-called journalist who has all the talking points on the tip of his tongue.The person with the facts wins.Gets particularly interesting around th 8:00 mark, for those of you who have work to do and...

Vindication Overcomes Vindictiveness

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2011 4 Comments

Like I said:"Obama and his supporters, who opposed the secret intelligence operations and interrogations as illegal, now are reaping the political benefits of those operations and interrogations."Put into poster format, via Jim Geraghty: “VINDICATION: When the loudest critic of your policies achieves his greatest success...

Unemployment Rate Up To 9%

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2011 12 Comments

In a just released report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate increased from 8.8% to 9.0%.The "unemployment rate" can be somewhat misleading, as I have pointed out in the past, because as more people drop out of the labor market (i.e. give...

Yes, Yes, How Many Times Do I Have To Tell You Yes?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2011 0 Comments

And I didn't even vote for him. Taken by reader Joe in NY in a parking lot near where he works. Seeing these stickers made him feel not quite so alone:Some alternatives:"We're all sorry now." "He is the sorry we have been waiting for." "Sorry means...

Costco Defends DEI Program as Other Companies are Abandoning Similar Policies

Does Israel Have a Public Relations Problem?

Colleges Are Filling Students' Minds With Jew Hatred

Academia Has a Fraud Problem

Students at Indiana U. Required to ‘Reflect’ on How Their Privilege Oppresses ‘Subordinate Groups’

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

Kloppenburg’s First Big Recount Success – Nuns’ Ballots Thrown Out

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 05, 2011 29 Comments

As of the end of the day yesterday, with 75.43% of the reporting units and just under 70%, of the votes recounted, JoAnne Kloppenburg has picked up ...

So Tell Me About Canada

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 05, 2011 19 Comments

I don't follow Canadian politics very much. I don't even have a "Canada" post tag, there's no need to. [insert obligatory Canada joke here]Conservatives in Canada apparently won a huge victory. But "conservative" elsewhere does not always mean what it means here.So tell me about...

Post Birth Certificate Polling Shows It Wasn’t About Race, But About Evidence

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 05, 2011 11 Comments

I have dealt numerous times with the malicious accusations across the mainstream media, entertainment industry, left-blogosphere, and even in the right-blogosphere that questions regarding Obama's birth certificate and/or birthplace were motivated by racism.Among other things, I documented numerous white presidential candidates who have had their...

Key Republicans Clear Obama To Pack The District Courts

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 05, 2011 5 Comments

John J. "Jack" McConnell, Jr. was confirmed by the U.S. Senate yesterday after a struggle by Sen. Mitch McConnell and other Republican Senators to block the nomination by opposing an unexpected cloture petition filed by Harry Reid.A key group of Republican Senators, led by Lidsey...

Feds Ignoring Greatest Threat to Dunes Sagebrush Lizard

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 05, 2011 15 Comments

Sure, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may be about to shut down oil production in a key region of Texas to protect the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard. But the Feds are ignoring the threat from this environmental danger, the Texas Roadrunner, caught here eating a,...

Next Time Use Code Name “Dubya”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 04, 2011 12 Comments

That'll keep 'em happy. Really:The Senate Indian Affairs committee will hold a hearing Thursday on racist Native American stereotypes, a hearing that will now also address the Osama bin Laden mission and the code-name Geronimo.While the hearing was scheduled before the mission, a committee aide...

Dean Friedman

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 04, 2011 7 Comments

If you have been watching the left sidebar, you have seen that I've featured Dean Friedman for the past several days. I have his original album from 1977, now if only I had a turntable that worked. So I was delighted when Dean reached out to...

Mr. Daniels goes to Washington

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on May 04, 2011 11 Comments

KathleenMitch Daniels is down in DC today during his tour of three days "beyond the Hoosier State after the end of Indiana's legislative session, which was capped by Daniels' decision to sign a controversial bill that would cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood clinics."...

Obama: No Photo For You

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 04, 2011 12 Comments

Will no mean no, or will it mean no until later?Via Mark Knoller of CBS News:Added: Next question - --------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Sheldon Whitehouse Steamrolls Republican Caucus – Jack McConnell Survives Cloture Vote

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 04, 2011 13 Comments

Sheldon Whitehouse has steamrolled over the Republican caucus, and his nominee for the Rhode Island federal District Court, John J. "Jack" McConnell, Jr., will get a floor vote which Democrats have the votes to win.The final vote was 63-33 (with one "present"). By my count...

Get A Handle On It

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 04, 2011 20 Comments

Euphoria Sunday night has turned into a complete muddle of embarrassingly conflicting accounts.As for the release of photos and other proof, did they not think that through beforehand?I suggest the adminsitration get a handle on it, now, because it's getting away.Is anyone in charge?--------------------------------------------Follow me on...

Majority Now Pay No Federal Income Taxes

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 04, 2011 18 Comments

Via TaxProf comes this news: 51% of income "tax filing units" now pay no federal income tax. While that does not necessarily translate into 51% of the population, it still shows that there is a strong political incentive to pander to those who pay no federal income...