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Congress Must Stop Trump From Being Sworn In, Argues Column in The Hill

Younger Generation Support for Luigi Mangione Reflects "A Strong Anti-Capitalist Trend on Campuses"

Israel's Pager Operation Disoriented and Severely Damaged Hezbollah, Here's How They Did It

What Will They Say About The Blaze Now?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 22, 2011 10 Comments

The website The Blaze has obtained audio of a union organizer presently or recently working for SEIU divulging a plan to collapse the banking system:A partial transcript is here.The interesting thing is that The Blaze received critical acclaim from the left for its assertion that...

Sarah Palin Loses The Support Of Her Many “David Frum Republican” Supporters

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 22, 2011 27 Comments

David Frum does not like Sarah Palin. He hasn't liked her pretty much since he heard her name, or at least since he laid eyes on her, or at least since she was nominated as V.P. candidate, or at least since she didn't go away...

Sen. McCaskill From The Show-Me State Will Not Be Showing This Video

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 22, 2011 4 Comments

Claire McCaskill (D-Mo) was facing a tough reelection campaign to start.Now, with the revelation that she owes almost $300,000 in back property taxes on an airplane she owns, I doubt she will be showing this advertisement from an earlier campaign (h/t Taegen Goddard via Ben...

Obama’s Explanation of Why He Did Not Need Congressional Authorization

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 22, 2011 12 Comments

.... for the attacks on Libya sounds an awful lot like his explanation of why the health care mandate is constitutional.Just as the Obama administration tied the decision of an individual not to purchase health care insurance, through a series of connections and chains of causation, to...

The other 3 Mile Island?

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 22, 2011 5 Comments

In the past two weeks or so, everyone has been discussing the tragedy in Japan. In addition to the death toll, news headlines have been relentlessly speculating the impact of the Fukushima reactors. Matthew Shaffer's latest piece in NRO helps amalgamate some of the...

University of Iowa Closing Down Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies Department

Florida State Rep. Hillary Cassel Switches From Democrat to Republican

There Were 21 Hate Crime Hoaxes on College Campuses in 2024

California Lawmakers Push College Admissions Priority for Descendants of Slavery

Joe Biden Signs Law Requiring Colleges to Report Hazing Incidents

New Jersey Congressman Denounces Faculty at Rutgers for Adopting BDS Resolution

“Don’t Obama Whack Libya”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 22, 2011 18 Comments

Doesn't sound quite as catchy as "Don't Bush Whack Iraq" as in one of the bumper stickers below.Any suggested bumper stickers for Obama and Libya?Thanks to reader Jeff who took this photo this weekend in Longmont, Colorado, and who assures me he was at a...

Wisconsin Republicans Ask For Help: “We are in the fight of our lives”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2011 7 Comments

Via JSOnline (emphasis mine):The Committee to Elect a Republican Senate (CERS), the main campaign committee for Senate Republicans, is trying to raise money for the eight Republicans who face a recall."We are in the midst of a crucial time," a fund-raising letter says. "CERS is waging...

www.findmarizela.com

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2011 1 Comment

Marizela Perez remains missing. A website has been created with the latest information, http://findmarizela.com/.As reported by Marizela's cousin, Michelle Malkin:Readers, we can’t thank you enough for your support of our family’s search for Marizela Perez. It has now been 16 days since she disappeared from...

Take that, Oliver Stone.

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 21, 2011 0 Comments

Veronique de Rugy's research has, once again, proven pouty liberals wrong. "Myth: The hedge fund industry’s tendency to take excessive risks, combined with a lack of regulation, was an important cause of the financial crisis.Fact: Not only did hedge funds not precipitate the financial crisis,...

E-mailers Strongly Support Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2011 15 Comments

The polls have tended to show that Democrats in Wisconsin are in a much stronger position than last fall as a result of the budget repair bill controversy.I've wondered whether voters minds really could have changed that quickly, and whether union intimidation tactics really have worked. ...

You Missed A Piece

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2011 6 Comments

Thanks to reader Chris from Sparks, Nevada, who spotted this almost completely removed Obama-Biden bumper sticker over a Kerry-Edwards bumper sticker. All that remained was part of the Obama logo and Biden's name.Yet another failed attempt to erase a mistake.Nice try.--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Bumper Stickers - The...

How Stalinist Of Them

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2011 6 Comments

Ann Althouse, in response to her spouse Meade being banned at Lawyers Guns & Money blog, writes Candyass move of all time: Lawyers Guns & Money bans Meade!:The little professor Robert Farley couldn't face the challenge Meade made to his (truly lame) post "On Libya" (which...

“Why are you apologizing all the time?”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2011 29 Comments

With that single sentence made to her Israeli hosts, Sarah Palin demonstrated a greater understanding of the problems confronting Israel than the collective wisdom of all the J.D.'s, Ph.D's, and Masters of International Affairs in the Obama administration combined.The question was profound, as simple as it were, because it addressed the narrative of...

They Actually Have To Rehearse This?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2011 13 Comments

A few weeks ago I posted a video of anti-Israel activists from the Boycott Divestment Sanctions movement who targeted Aroma Cafe, an Israeli coffee shop chain, as they do a wide range of Israeli-related products and companies.Their thing is to create flashmobs, where they start...

Haley’s Mark on 2012

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 20, 2011 8 Comments

Thanks to my friend Mike for a referring me to a really fascinating article on South Carolina. I really don't like playing the "who in 2012" game, since -- in my opinion -- it is way too far out to tell. However, this article did...

J’accuse The “Libya Lobby” and “Libya Firsters”

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

Among the ironies of the intervention in Libya is that those who most bitterly complain about the Israel Lobby were in fact part of a Libya Lobby, as pointed out by David Bernstein earlier this month:As regular readers know, I’ve been highly critical of Professor Stephen Walt...

How Long Before John Kerry Is Against The Libyan War That He Was For?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2011 23 Comments

Watching the Sunday morning shows is interesting for the first time in years, if only to see John Kerry and others who have bashed Bush for years spin like out of control tops to justify intervention in Libya on humanitarian grounds.No end game? No problem,...