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Kulaks Beware: Mamdani Orders Public Hearings To Shame "Ripoff" NYC Landlords

Tim Walz Drops Out of Minnesota Governor Race

Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan Resigns After Felony Conviction

Dem electoral strategy – convince Grandparents to throw Grandchildren off fiscal cliff

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 13, 2012 36 Comments

There is no more misleading imagery than the ad run by Democrats in which a Paul Ryan-looking figure throws Granny off a cliff due to Medicare cuts: The ad has it exactly opposite to reality. Republican proposals would keep Medicare the same for people already in...

Is that anatomically possible?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 13, 2012 16 Comments

Saw this not far from my home in Rhode Island. Not really sure what to make of it. I can think of a few possibilities. ...

Huge Romney-Ryan rally in Waukesha, WI (photos)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2012 53 Comments

Anne is at the Romney-Ryan rally in Waukesha. She says the crowd is so large they had to move the rally from indoors to outdoors to accommodate all the people. We're still trying to confirm the crowd size estimate. (Campaign says 10,000, which is similar to...

Muslim Brotherhood President sacks Egyptian military command

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2012 39 Comments

Muslim Brotherhood member President Mohamed Morsi has sacked the senior Egyptian military command, the primary secular counterweight to Islamist fundamentalist control of Egypt. As reported by The Times of Israel: Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi fired Defense Minister Mohammed Hussein Tantawi and Chief of Staff Sami Anan on Sunday afternoon,...

This is what 2012 looks like — lines around the block at Romney-Ryan rally in High Point, NC (Update – Overflow crowds in Mooresville)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2012 103 Comments

Let this be a lesson for The Eeyores Among Us From reader Tim who is at the Romney-Ryan appearance in High Point, North Carolina: Going into the doors. Holy moly I can't believe the people. One picture is the front of the line, one picture kinda the back,...

U. Maryland Still a Hotbed of Anti-Israel Activism

Arizona State U. Administrator Admits School Conceals DEI Instruction Despite Federal Ban

Lipscomb U. Facing Lawsuit Over Allegation That Students are Getting Sick From Black Mold

Conservative Legal Group Urges DOJ Probe of Top Research University Over Alleged Illegal DEI Practices

Purdue U. Northwest Claims it Can't Find Any Americans to Teach Marketing Classes for $127,000

Brown University Killer Recorded Video Confessions After Shootings

The Eeyores Among Us

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2012 72 Comments

The Choice Election. That seems to be the consensus emerging about how the Ryan pick changes the race. Democrats claim to be ecstatic about it -- it seems to me they are trying much too hard to convince themselves and demoralize us. There are few if any...

Why is The Boston Globe letting Elizabeth Warren decide whom it can interview?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2012 17 Comments

Elizabeth Warren's daughter Amelia Warren Tyagi runs ACORN-successor Demos, which has promoted her mother's political ambitions for years. No surprise when Demos filed suit in May against Massachusetts, and then the Democrats who run the state promptly capitulated and agreed to unprecedented efforts to register welfare...

The Choice is clear

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2012 13 Comments

From frequent photographer Bill: Maybe there is "hope"! St. Petersburg, Florida. ...

The way I feel tonight

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 11, 2012 58 Comments

More motivated than ever. It might have been that way regardless of the Veep pick, but the immediate attempt by the mainstream media and liberal magazines and newspapers to Palinize Paul Ryan brought back bitter memories of the type which motivated me for the...

Saturday Night Card Game (The first race card has been played against Paul Ryan)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 11, 2012 48 Comments

Well, that didn't take long. When it became clear that Paul Ryan would be the Veep nominee this morning, the New York State Immigrant Action Center posted what might be the first race card play against Ryan as Veep nominee, accusing him of using the allegedly...

Not really interested in your criticisms of the Ryan pick

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 11, 2012 112 Comments

Whether the pick of Paul Ryan for Veep was a good pick or a bad pick or something in between is irrelevant at this point. Ryan was the pick. The left-wing writers and bloggers are all over it, portraying the pick as extremist and a cave to...

Paul Ryan speech today (added, prototype for 1st ad)(added, actual 1st ad)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 11, 2012 63 Comments

Here is the full speech, via Darleen) who links to this video of Andrea Mitchell saying: I think you’re going to see that they are decided that this is a base election. This is not a pick for suburban moms, this is not a pick for...

No longer on the donation sideline

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 11, 2012 59 Comments

The choice of Paul Ryan, and the reaction, finally got me off the donation sideline. I just donated to the Romney-Ryan campaign. And in case you were wondering, maxed out. For the first time in my adult life I was proud to do so. It's not...

Romney-Ryan 2012

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 11, 2012 129 Comments

It's official, it's going to be Paul Ryan. The Romney Veep App made the announcement earlier this morning, and every news source is reporting it. The decision was made on August 1. The left already is going crazy, but that would have happened regardless of who the...

No one is

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 11, 2012 1 Comment

until November 7, and only if. From reader and frequent photographer Scott: Greetings once again from Raleigh, NC. I spotted this at a stoplight early this afternoon headed to a weekly appointment with my chiropractor who, by the way, insists that "he & his wife did build that"...

V.P. Announcement Saturday, 9 a.m.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 10, 2012 39 Comments

Romney will announce the Veep pick Saturday morning at 9 a.m. We'll have coverage here. The Weekly Standard is calling it for Paul Ryan, which means it's either Paul Ryan or the Romney campaign ran a really good feint. NRO is reporting the same: Take note, veep watchers: Earlier...

Donation strategy in a political swarm

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 10, 2012 17 Comments

From a reader: Sorry to bother you, Professor, but I got an e-mail from a Wisconsin Recall Fund (which I don’t remember donating to, but they probably bought my e-mail from a list since I made several donations to Scott Walker and Rebecca Kleefish), asking for...