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Lie of the Year: Joe Biden Is "Sharp, Intensely Probing, Detail-Oriented, and Focused"

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) calls for creating Dem "war machine" to stop Republicans

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

Trig Is A “Prop” To Them Only Because They Don’t Like Seeing A Child With Down Syndrome

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 21, 2011 25 Comments

The owner of Wonkette, Ken Layne, and Jack Stuef, the writer of the most recent in a long line of Wonkette hit pieces on Trig Palin, are hiding behind the "Trig as Prop" defense. They claim that they mock Trig only because Sarah Palin uses...

These Are Easy, Breezy Days For Blogging

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 21, 2011 14 Comments

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...

Wonkette’s Ken Layne Issues Phony Claim That “Trig Is Cool With Us”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2011 25 Comments

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...

Kloppenburg – Full Statewide Recount (“Kloppenburg’s Folly”)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2011 51 Comments

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...

Public Choice tutorials

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on April 20, 2011 1 Comment

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!...

Is TikTok Brainwashing Young People?

UConn Medical School Invites Trans People to Train Students in ‘Gender-Affirming Care’

Young Progressives are Embracing Antisemitism Based on Lies

U. Tennessee Students Doing Work on Campus Discover Civil War Trench

‘Climate justice’ Group at Northwestern University Calls for School to Become ‘Fossil Free Campus’

House Republicans Fast-Track Bill to Ban Men From Women's Sports

Wonkette Goes After Trig Palin Again, Again

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

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...

Report Finds David Cicilline (D-RI) Responsible For Providence Fiscal Disaster

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2011 2 Comments

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...

Israel: Defying All Odds

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2011 3 Comments

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!...

First He Whispered Sweet Nothings In Your Ear

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2011 9 Comments

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

Scranton Police Union Objects To Non-Union Police Chief Making Arrests

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2011 8 Comments

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...

Exodus

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2011 9 Comments

You have to know the story to get it (h/t Anne):--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Kloppenburg Recount Chances Are Slim To None, And Slim Just Left Town

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

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...

Robert Paul, move!

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on April 19, 2011 8 Comments

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...

The Making of a MoveOn.org Video

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

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...

“Let me answer the questions without challenge or you’ll never get another interview and I’ll talk to your boss, all right?”

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

Obama gave an interview to a local reporter in Texas (via NiceDeb). The interview struck me as fairly ordinary, although the reporter gently tested Obama on a couple of the answers. There was nothing in the interview which struck me as disrespectful or anything other...

Your Morning Stuxnet News

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2011 9 Comments

We haven't heard much about Stuxnet recently, but there has been plenty of speculation that Stuxnet was only a temporary setback for the Iranian nuclear program. The Iranians have bragged that they have even more advanced centrifuges at work now.But this outburst by an Iranian...

Passover

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

starts tonight. I'll repeat my post from 2009:Passover Is No Time To Wish For The End Of Christian America ...