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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 30, 2012 40 Comments

As reported by National Journal (via TWS)(emphasis mine): “Every now and again, I meet with someone who’s been very successful on Wall Street, who says, ‘I want to support your campaign because I believe you will save capitalism. I believe in capitalism, and I understand there have...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 30, 2012 28 Comments

Mitt Romney is under furious attack from the Palestinian Authority, Hamas, and pro-Obama media for pointing out the truth about why culture matters in the economic success of Israel. How would these people have reacted if Romney gave this speech: You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania the Palestinian Territories,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 30, 2012 26 Comments

And you wonder why nothing gets done in the Senate and Republicans can't even get votes on legislation or a budget? Via The Hill: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has launched a blistering verbal assault against William Magwood, a Democratic member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 30, 2012 30 Comments

It relates to this story: At the urging of Valerie Jarrett, President Barack  Obama canceled the operation to kill Osama bin Laden on three  separate occasions before finally approving the May 2, 2011 Navy SEAL mission,  according to an explosive new book scheduled for release August...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 30, 2012 64 Comments

We've seen the Mayors of Boston and Chicago abuse their power to drive a lawful business out of their jurisdictions by threatening to withhold business permits because the founder and President support the definition of marriage as one man - one woman. When those threats generated an outcry even...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 30, 2012 29 Comments

The cycle of perpetual outrage and victimhood continues. Mitt Romney pointed out something obvious, that Israel has a record of economic success unmatched by those under Palestinian Authority control, attributing it to cultural and other factors: "As you come here and you see the GDP per capita,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 30, 2012 9 Comments

From reader equitus: I saw this one in Napa County, CA on Thursday, May 31. Note the large faded sticker in the middle: "I [heart] Big Brother" It's a little shocking anyone would admit this kind of sentiment, even in these parts. Keep up the great work! ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 29, 2012 42 Comments

The Dewhurst campaign released an internal poll earlier today showing Dewhurst up: With less than two days until the runoff for the GOP nomination in the Texas Senate race, Lt. Gov David Dewhurst has a narrow lead over rival Ted Cruz, according to a Dewhurst campaign...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 29, 2012 13 Comments

The next Insurrection still is on target for an August roll-out.  Most likely mid-month. The current site really is just a holding place, and all the sidebar and navigation bar links are the same as Legal Insurrection.  That will change when the site goes live. Your Legal Insurrection registration...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 29, 2012 80 Comments

Is anyone getting "spawned" when visiting LI? A reader has complained that links produce multiple "spawned" pages. I've never had the problem, and our site is clean of viruses as far as we can determine. Is anyone else having this problem?...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 29, 2012 76 Comments

Let me be as clear as I can be.  Anyone who supports Israel must vote for Romney.  Obama, in complete control of foreign and military policy, will be unrestrained by electoral considerations in a second term, and will impose his vision of a Middle East settlement...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 29, 2012 14 Comments

A recent poll indicates she is in trouble. Via The St. Louis Post-Dispatch: No matter who wins the Missouri Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate on Aug. 7, Democrat Claire McCaskill is running from behind. McCaskill, the first-term incumbent Democratic senator, trails all three of her likely Republican...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 29, 2012 17 Comments

From reader Gaby: I took this about a month ago in Woodland Hills, Ca, a suburb of Los Angeles. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 28, 2012 58 Comments

The Saturday Night Card Game started on August 8, 2009, when I noticed a post by Oliver Willis of Media Matters blogging at his own blog, as follows: Steve Benen tries to understand just why wingnuts are so angry about health care reform. He doesn’t make...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 28, 2012 85 Comments
My post earlier today, Sarah Palin visits Chick-fil-A, civility and new tone ensue on Twitter, has generated a fair bit of attention. The tweets highlighted in the post were not even the worst of them. As has become typical when Palin is attacked from the left, the attacks quickly become mysogynistic, sexualized, and sexist, with the "C" word liberally thrown in by women as well as men. Here are some more samples of the sea of profanity and vitriol, so you realize (which you already do, I know), we are dealing with:
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