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Posted by Anne Segal on June 10, 2012 21 Comments

It only took one panel discussion at Netroots to reveal just how divided the left is in its narrative over how to handle Wisconsin. Audience member Lisa Graves from The Center for Media and Democracy's PRWatch, upset with the panel's analysis of Obama's interaction with the Wisconsin...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 10, 2012 11 Comments

They've all gone to look for America. Another one from Sandy's road trip, taken on the Pennsylvania Turnpike west of Pittsburgh by a: guy who appeared to be a miserable creature, whose mom would even have a hard time trying to love, and we know a mother's...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 09, 2012 25 Comments

An update on Flame, from BBC: The creators of the Flame malware have sent a "suicide" command that removes it from some infected computers. Security firm Symantec caught the command using booby-trapped computers set up to watch Flame's actions. More technical details at Symantec: Late last week, some Flamer...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 09, 2012 38 Comments

Mike Lupica is a sports writer who now is a political columnist.  Lupica suffers from Keith Olbermann Disease. Lupica hasn't been mentioned much here, but we did call him out when he claimed that a Stop Obama sign was a call to violence based on race: We are 100 yards, no...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 09, 2012 93 Comments

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 09, 2012 16 Comments

The reaction of the left to the Wisconsin loss reminds me of the old joke about the businessman who loses money on every sale, but makes it up on volume. Via Newsbusters (h/t Tim Blair): ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 09, 2012 24 Comments

I attended the Breitbart Awards dinner in Providence last night.  It was part of the Future of Journalism Summit sponsored by The Heritage Foundation and The Franklin Center. Jim Hoft has the details on the winners.  There were about 100 people in attendance. Via Jim's blog, here's Anne...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 09, 2012 28 Comments

A lot of readers seem to be on road trips these days.  From reader Sandy: Prof, am on a road trip this weekend, from Virginia to Indiana and then return via Hillsdale, where older daughter begins junior year in August. Along the way we are seeing some...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 08, 2012 53 Comments

Angela Corey is the special prosecutor in the George Zimmerman case. Yesterday, Alan Dershowitz alleged that Corey threatened to sue for libel based on Dershowitz's criticisms of Corey's handling of the Zimmerman case, particularly the decision to charge 2nd Degree murder and the alleged failure to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 08, 2012 76 Comments

Anne Sorock attended the Netroots Nation convention yesterday morning, and asked a thoroughly legitimate question of the members of a panel on Native American identity: "I thought it was really interesting in particular that you wondered to yourself, 'what is a real Indian,' and you also...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 08, 2012 65 Comments

Yesterday I posted about how Alan Dershowitz alleged that Zimmerman prosecutor Angela Corey called up Harvard Law School complaining about Dershowitz and treatening to sue for libel based on Dershowitz's criticisms of her handling of the case. The whole incident seemed strange, and reflected conduct that should...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 08, 2012 12 Comments

From reader Don in Texas, the rear window of his Chevy truck: While I realize most of the photos you post are political, this one's simply a reminder that there's a lot of folks still out there with sons and daughters in still in harm's way. My...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 07, 2012 22 Comments

Via ZeroHedge, The CBO Will Need A Bigger Chart To Forecast Exponentially-Rising US Debt: when it comes to the most recent forecast of US public debt as released hours ago, the CBO has officially run out of charting space. As can be seen on the graphc...

Posted by Anne Segal on June 07, 2012 86 Comments

I attended the Netroots Nation progressive convention this morning in Providence, Rhode Island.   The session was titled "American Indian Caucus." When I asked the panel about Elizabeth Warren's false claims to be Cherokee, they became defensive and accusatory, refused to condemn Warren or seek an apology...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 07, 2012 13 Comments

Remember when the Madison protesters compared their plight to the protesters in Tahrir Square? They wanted to walk like Egyptians Think Progress was giddy at the comparison: According to pro-labor protesters in Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker (R) may be taking a page from former Egyptian Dictator Hosni Mubarak...

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