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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 17, 2011 18 Comments

In using that term, Sarah Palin issued a political call to action directed at the men who rule the Republican Party:"We didn’t elect you just to rearrange the deck chairs on a sinking Titanic," Palin said during a rally in front of the Wisconsin statehouse in...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 17, 2011 8 Comments

Israeli has arrested two teenage Palestininians from a village near where the Fogel family lived for the murder of the five Fogel family members, including three children.  As reported by the Jersusalem Post (h/t Israel Matzav):Two Palestinian youths from the village of Awarta were arrested in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 16, 2011 9 Comments

On display in Madison, Wisconsin today, as related to me by reader Jim, who sent this photo:"This guy was next to me screaming for two hours. Here he is showing civility and tolerance to Sarah Palin."What can I say, I look for the good in...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on April 16, 2011 3 Comments

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

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 16, 2011 7 Comments

Here's why.  Despite all the vitriol from the unions and Democrats, Walker is getting Wisconsin's fiscal house in order.From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (h/t @byronyork)(emphasis mine):The property tax bill on the typical Wisconsin home would rise by less than 1% annually over the next two...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 16, 2011 27 Comments

There's not much I can add to Mark Levin's explanation of why Donald Trump does not represent the conservative or Tea Party movements.  He wasn't there when we needed him, and he helped those who were against us.So why the swirling support around Trump?Much of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 15, 2011 39 Comments

The results have just been posted in the Milwaukee County canvass, and nothing much changed from yesterday. AP reports Prosser picked up 11 more votes and is the winner. I repeat, JoAnne Kloppenburg lost.  David Prosser won.The vote margin stands at 7316, a virtually insurmountable...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on April 15, 2011 5 Comments

KathleenSort of sounds like a regime change to me...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on April 15, 2011 5 Comments

New civility means apologizing once you've suggested that someone who disagrees with you should have not been born. Keith Olbermann, the most vitriolic Cornell alum I can think of, has been on a roll:former MSNBC host and Current TV’s chief news officer Keith Olbermann, tried...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 15, 2011 8 Comments

As we await the one remaining county yet to complete its canvass, comes this heartening news via JSOnline:In the wake of the state's hotly contested Supreme Court race, a sharply divided Milwaukee Election Commission voted along party lines Thursday to prohibit its own members from...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 15, 2011 4 Comments

Could tonight be the night it all comes together?Friday Night Prisoner Exchange?Is The Andrew still up for it?There was a time when the idea of an exchange was so appealing to him.He still wants one of the prisoners, worse than ever.  The other one, not so...

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

The conspiracy theories run deep at Think Progress when it comes to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Koch Industries.The latest post by Lee Fang, the designated Koch investigator at Think Progress, attempts to bring David Prosser into the conspiracy as well, by claiming that recent environmental regulations...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on April 14, 2011 3 Comments

Kathleen This week has hosted an unusual amount of conservative speakers on the Cornell campus. On Monday, Yuval Levin, of National Affairs fame, addressed the student body through our "Freedom and Free Societies" speaker series. Levin gave a really succinct overview of the implications of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 14, 2011 2 Comments

I have long chronicled the sad financial condition of my home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, particularly the problem of public sector pensions.Simply put, high pensions, and the taxes needed to feed the pension system, are killing the state.  And that's not me talking,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 14, 2011 1 Comment

Last July I reported on the absurdity of federal Stimulus Plan money going to building miles of new sidewalks in Warren, Rhode Island, in areas where few people walked.Last November, I reported on the fact that the unnecessary new sidewalks were built improperly.Now I can report that...

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