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Democrats Think They're Winning Back Men and Rural Voters in 2026

MTG's Exit Interview with The NY Times: Scorn, Self-Pity, and a Rewrite of History

MIT "Womxn" Only Physics and Bio Grad Programs Challenged by Equal Protection Project

Anti-pinkwashing conferences whitewash anti-gay terror in Palestinian areas

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2012 14 Comments

I've written before about the latest fad on the American left, accusations of Israeli "pinkwashing." Various anti-Israeli left-wing professors and professional activists, including those who hold themselves out as part of the gay rights movement, hold conferences to denounce pinkwashing, the positive publicity generated by Israel...

Krohn’s still a kid, doing what kids do

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on July 09, 2012 17 Comments

Changing their minds, about everything. Despite the splash that followed Jonathan Krohn’s departure from conservativsm, I should hope this comes as absolutely no surprise to anyone. Discussing his ideological shift, Krohn said, I mean, come on, I was between 13 and 14 when I was regurgitating...

Oh looky, Obama’s back to attacking the Top 5%

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2012 29 Comments

Obama is refocusing his campaign on attacking the Top 5%. As documented here in great detail, that's where Obama started during the 2008 campaign. Over time Obama narrowed the demonization to the Top 2%, then the Top 1%, then a few hundred people who might pay more...

Welcome back to work

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2012 13 Comments

Many of you took all or part of last week off from work, so you probably didn't get to spend as much time on the internet as you do during normal "working" hours. I noticed a distinct drop in traffic from government i.p. addresses. Was Washington...

Confirmed – Romney and RNC pulled in $106 million in June

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2012 23 Comments

The speculation is over, via L.A. Times: Mitt Romney pulled in a blockbuster fundraising haul in June, collecting $106.1 million for his campaign and the Republican Party, his campaign announced today. The total marks Romney's best fundraising month yet, as the former Massachusetts governor continues to capitalize...

Police Investigating Antisemitic Incidents at Michigan State U.

The Teaching of Western Civilization is Being Neglected at Harvard

New Legislation Would Require Students in New York State to Learn About January 6th

Judge Orders Secret Hearing of Alleged Charlie Kirk Killer to be Made Public

Brown University Implements Campus Security Overhaul in Wake of Shooting

Nikole Hannah-Jones Writes Tribute to Cop Killer Assata Shakur

CBS: Conservatives on Sup Ct feel betrayed (welcome to the club)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2012 35 Comments

Via Jan Crawford, who previously broke the story about Chief Justice Roberts' change of mind, comes additional details, Discord at Supreme Court is deep, and personal: Discord at the Supreme Court is deep and personal after Chief Justice John Roberts' surprise decision to side with the...

Yup

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2012 2 Comments

From reader bluehous1991: I saw this bumpersticker in Little Rock, on an Arkansas plate. There is sanity in the town of Clinton! ...

Why are people panicking?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2012 82 Comments

The discussion in the video below (h/t jimzinsocal) is pretty good on where the campaign stands. Krauthammer is hard on Romney for failing to score hard blows on Obama over the economy, something echoed by Bill Kristol. Am I concerned? Sure. At least based on chatter, it looks like...

Why doesn’t Obama own some of the job losses between election and inauguration?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2012 50 Comments

Obama endlessly cites the loss of 750,000 "per month" just before he took office, as if that bottom was destined to be continued forever but for Obama. It's the extrapolation fallacy. This video pretty much sums up the theme: Yet why shouldn't Obama own at least some of...

Me on Mark Carbonaro Show talking Obamacare ruling

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2012 4 Comments

I was a guest on the Mark Carbonaro Show (KION 1460 AM Salinas, CA) on July 3, 2012, talking about the Obamcare ruling: ...

Challenge to Boston Phoenix: Defend Elizabeth Warren on Cherokee issue, or drop “right-wing smear machine” accusation

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2012 51 Comments

Last week, David Bernstein of The Boston Phoenix launched a broadside against what he termed the "right-wing smear machine" coming to get Elizabeth Warren, which I highlighted in my post Right wing smear machine to blame for Elizabeth Warren’s Cherokee problem (again). The attack by Bernstein was...

If only the U.N. were merely useless

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2012 31 Comments

How long before the U.N. demands Bernie Madoff be appointed head of the Securities and Exchange Commission: In what one critic called a move akin to placing Bernie Madoff in charge of thwarting fraud on the stock market, Iran has been elected as one of the...

Obama does not want you messing with his bumper sticker promotion

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2012 10 Comments

The Watchman does not like people who pull pranks on him. From reader Red: not a regular bumper sticker submission, but i love the latin flavor of the punctuation...

That free cup of coffee with Joe Biden may cost you hundreds in taxes

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2012 19 Comments

You know the routine from That $3 dinner with Obama may cost you hundreds in taxes. The Obama campaign lures unsuspecting small donors into entering a contest for a nominal amount (no donation actually required), and only in the fine print discloses the "retail value" of...

Saturday Night Card Game (Dear Chris Rock, you’re welcome)

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...

Habitat for Whomever

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. ...

Allen West called a bad name by someone who says “I’m not a f*g f***er”

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) ...