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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2012 55 Comments

From Chris Rock: With time standing still, Rock was right. There was slavery in much of the British Colonies, and Independence Day did not end that immediately.  It took about 90 years and a civil war to do that, although many slaves gained their freedom in...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2012 35 Comments

How do you say "suckaaaaa" in Spanish? My wife saw this on Facebook, regarding someone working on a Habitat for Humanity project in Central America. I just had to grab the screen shot. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2012 24 Comments

Not that this is very surprising. Notice how the perp complains that conservatives are "anti-gay," yet wants Javier Manjares of The Shark Tank to know that the perp is not gay, "I'm not a fag fucker." (at 2:30)  How enlightened. Via The Shark Tank (language warnings throughout) ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2012 23 Comments

From KTUU in Anchorage, Alaska: Several electronic road construction signs around Anchorage were hacked late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning, according to the state Department of Transportation. Signs that normally display closure and detour information, like the one on Minnesota Drive near 100th Avenue, were changed...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2012 4 Comments

We have had many bumper stickers with the "O" logo, but none so simple and direct as just saying "NO". From reader Tracy: We took this photo tonight in the middle of the crosswalk linking Davidson College to the Davidson Village Green. Davidson is a liberal bastion,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2012 23 Comments

This is the first ad as part of Crossroads GPS $25 million ad buy. The first 20 seconds are powerful.  Listening to Obama make excuses is powerful mockery, the most effective kind because it's his own lame words.  The last 10 seconds were not nearly as effective...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2012 52 Comments

George Zimmerman posted a $1 million bond, and walked out of jail this afternoon. According to The Orlando Sentinel: Zimmerman posted the $1 million bond thanks in part to the $20,000 in donations raised since Thursday when Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. set the bond amount. Visit msnbc.com...

Posted by Anne Segal on July 06, 2012 31 Comments

Why is Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., still MIA? And why is his office issuing vague statements instead of disclosing to his constituents just what is going on with their Congressman? That's what everyone is starting to ask after the U.S. Representative (D-IL) continues his absence from...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2012 19 Comments

Via Roll Call, the Cruz campaign has released the results of an internal poll which shows Cruz in the lead: Ted Cruz led Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst by 9 points in a recent internal poll conducted for the former Texas solicitor general’s campaign, a Cruz source...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2012 31 Comments

That's the allegation from the National Legal and Policy Center, GM’s Government Fleet Sales and Truck Inventory Rise (h/t a reader): It looks like General Motors will be throwing everything in but the kitchen sink to help fluff its second quarter earnings numbers. Taxpayers continue to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2012 14 Comments

We have featured Pallywood here many times, the industry build on faux. From numerous instances of fauxtography to wildly exaggerated reports of massacres, this industry is devoted to building the narrative of perpetual Palestinian victimhood.  From the archives: Abid Katib – Palestinian Shoe Fauxtographer? (funny how those kids...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2012 27 Comments

Just released June numbers: Nonfarm payroll employment continued to edge up in June (+80,000), and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Professional and business services added jobs, and employment in other major industries changed little over the month. Household Survey...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2012 24 Comments

Still a duck, but at least he's trying to fight the Prius Presumption. Here's how it's done, but you still can't change a first impression. From frequent photographer Ulises: Even Maryland Prius drivers are for Romney...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2012 15 Comments

Via David Hogberg, who was in court today:Today both parties were back in court in front of Appellate Judge Nelson Rupp. This time, Walker was represented by attorney Reginald Bours.Kimberlin made a number of statements, but his basic argument boiled down to Walker wanted to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2012 32 Comments

That's basically Obama's argument for Obamacare -- he rattles of a small number of good things that people will like because they are free, and ignores the mountain of regulation which will crush so much of what makes the vast majority of Americans satisfied with...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2012 12 Comments

Some flee the sinking ship.  Via Times of Israel: Manaf Tlas, one of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s closest friends and most trusted military colleagues, who is also the son of the Assad regime’s former long-serving defense minister, has defected from the Assad regime and fled to...

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