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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2012 4 Comments

For you know what. In case you were not around this weekend, be sure to take a look at: Elizabeth Warren goes Alinsky on Cherokee women (Rule 12) “Walk Down the Aisle with Barack” contest (it was just a joke, but hit a little too close to home apparently) Swormy MSNBC (or...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2012 12 Comments

This is a GUEST POST from friend of the blog SGLawrence, who is vacationing in upstate New York this summer: I was driving on Route 209 through Ellenville, New York in the Catskills on Saturday, June 23, 2012, when I noticed a gentleman sitting all alone in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2012 2 Comments

make him work harder. From reader and frequent photographer Jason, taken a couple of weeks ago in Raleigh, NC: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2012 26 Comments

From Keith Burgess-Jackson, in April 2010 (hey, I just saw it, but it's timeless): Two comments on the Tea Party movement. First, progressives refer to its members as angry. This is an attempt to replace a cognitive state (belief) with an affective state (anger), and thereby...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2012 13 Comments

It's gone from the headlines and the news reports. Whatever happens this week, one footnote may be whether Elena Kagan should have recused herself on the Obamacare case as she did on the Arizona immigration case. Via Judicial Watch on March 22, 2012: Judicial Watch, the nation’s largest government watchdog group,...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2012 48 Comments

Mike Huckabee was going to be the hammer used by anti-Rush Limbaugh forces both competitive and political to unseat Limbaugh once and for all. During the height of the anti-Rush fever, I highlighted how Cumulus Media sought to leverage the anti-Limbaugh boycotts by holding Huckabee out as...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2012 5 Comments

Thanks to AmandaFitz in the Tip Line for the link to this parody of the original Honey Badger video. Language warning on both videos. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2012 72 Comments

Results just announced.  51.73% to 48.27. You can watch Al-Jazeera English live stream.  You also can follow the #Egypt hastag on Twitter. Now we'll find out if they still plan on marching on Jerusalem. Remember, when the protests against Mubarak broke out in January 2011, the Muslim Brotherhood...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2012 13 Comments

From friend of the blog, Anne Leary of Backyard Conservative. With gang violence continuing to spiral, and now taking place in the fancy and liberal Lincoln Park section of town, Anne notes: Will Chicago bleeding heart limo libs be mugged by reality?: Gang violence erupts in Lincoln...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2012 5 Comments

How much fun have bumper sticker makers had with the "O" in the Obama logo? This driver found a couple we haven't seen before. From Cathy, who sent it in an e-mail with a subject line "The Jackpot": ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 23, 2012 29 Comments

I posted videos of George Zimmerman's reenactment and lie detector test Thursday. That video reenactment is considered pretty helpful to Zimmerman, as it is consistent with other known evidence.   Jeralyn at TalkLeft (h/t Instapundit) makes the distinction between variations and differences: There may be many variations in George...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 23, 2012 25 Comments

Via Times of Israel: Egypt will release results from disputed presidential elections Sunday, the country’s top elections commission official said — an announcement that will put an end to the country’s nerve-wracking uncertainty about who is the official winner, but promises no end to the power...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 23, 2012 7 Comments

In case you didn't notice, we recently turned live a Twitter "Reactions" section just above the comments. It pulls Tweets which link back to the post url.  Most will be Tweets from the large Twitter Share button, but anyone who links to the post in Twitter will show...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 23, 2012 50 Comments

Four Cherokee women went to Boston this week to try to meet Elizabeth Warren to show Warren genealogical evidence proving that Warren has no Cherokee ancestry, and to explain to Warren why her continued insistence that she is Cherokee is offensive. One of the Cherokee women, Twila Barnes,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 23, 2012 3 Comments

Yet more handwritten signs. From reader Daryle: Seen on the Sourthern State Parkway in Nassau County, Long Island. It's a little more conservative than the rest of southern NY but still pretty Liberal. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 22, 2012 44 Comments

Breaking now, waiting for result. NYT NEWS ALERT: Sandusky Is Found Guilty on 45 of 48 Counts in Child Sexual Abuse Case Via ABC News: Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky was found guilty today of nearly all of the allegations of child sex abuse leveled against...

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