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Stuxnet Morphs Into Iranian Stimulus Plan

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 15, 2010 6 Comments

The Stuxnet malware has set back the Iranian nuclear program by two years, according to a German expert quoted in The Jerusalem Post (h/t @Allahpundit):The Stuxnet virus, which has attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities and which Israel is suspected of creating, has set back the Islamic Republic’s...

Liberal Dems Fall on Swords

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 15, 2010 4 Comments

I told you the liberal Democrats who were protesting the "tax deal" would not buck Obama, and would fall in line.So no surprise to see this headline at The Hill, Liberals giving up tax fight:A House liberal who has led the effort to stop President...

Harry Reid’s Really Big Bargaining Chip

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 15, 2010 6 Comments

Harry Reid lowered the boom yesterday, rolling out a $1.1 trillion, 1,924-page Omnibus Budget bill, which was sure to infuriate Republicans in the Senate.To roll out such a provocative bill at a time when Reid has an extraordinarily tight calendar on a variety of social and...

Quote of the Day (Week, Month, Year, Decade, Century)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 14, 2010 5 Comments

Caroline Glick:"The deception at the heart of the feminist movement is nowhere more apparent than in the silence with which self-professed feminists and feminist movements ignore the inhumane treatment of women who live under Islamic law."-------------------------------------------- Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal...

Another Christmas Surprise – Dems Roll Out $1.1 Trillion, 1,924-Page Budget Bill

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 14, 2010 15 Comments

I have warned time and again that the lame duck Democratic Congress could not be trusted, and that the longer it went on, the more mischief Democrats would attempt. I urged Mitch McConnell and other Republicans in the Senate to do everything within their power...

Mandatory Course on Critical Race Theory at U. Oklahoma Might Violate State Law

Woman Held Hostage by Hamas Confronts UCLA Encampment Leader

New Report Indicates Widespread Antisemitism on College Campuses

Anti-Israel Groups in U.S. are Planting the Seeds of Domestic Terrorism

University of Rochester Identifies 'Persons of Interest' in Case of Jewish 'Wanted' Posters on Campus

Leftists Now Protesting at Office of MA Rep. Seth Moulton Over Trans Remarks

Neither Necessary Nor Proper

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 14, 2010 24 Comments

Prof. Orin Kerr, writing at Volokh Conspiracy, believes there is a glaring error in the decision by Judge Henry Hudson of the U.S. District Court in Virginia holding the health care mandate unconstitutional (italics in original, bold text mine):I’ve had a chance to read Judge Hudson’s...

Labels

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 14, 2010 8 Comments

I have some labels for them:Loser RINOs: Mike Castle, Charlie Christ, Bob InglisEgomaniacs: Michael BloombergAstroturfers: Nancy Jacobson, Mark McKinnonTalking heads: David Brooks, Joe Scarborough, Mika BrzezinskiDemocrats: Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)Coffee Party The Group Which Cannot Be Mentioned By...

Obama’s Best (Worst) Strawman Argument Yet

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 14, 2010 8 Comments

I've written before about Barack Obama's penchant for creating strawman arguments, in which Obama presents an exaggerated and misleading characterization of Republican proposals in order to make Obama's own policy seem like the only reasonable choice.Most typically, Obama will frame the sentence beginning with words similar...

We Are Not Hostages

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2010 15 Comments

As I write, the "tax deal" worked out between Obama and Republicans in Congress has passed its first procedural hurdle, with more than 60 Senators voting to open debate on the legislation.As I have pointed out before, a marginally acceptable bill as originally announced has become an...

Maggie is Back!

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on December 13, 2010 2 Comments

Twenty years after she left her post as Prime Minister, the spirit of Margaret Thatcher is reportedly back in Britain. According to The Telegraph, "Only a quarter of people believe more money should be spent on benefits compared with more than half in the mid-1980s,...

Virginia Judge Declares Health Care Mandate Unconstitutional

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2010 19 Comments

A Judge in Virginia has held the health care mandate to be unconstitutional. The decision is here and embedded below.The Judge rejected the position of the government that the mandate was an exercise of taxing power:It is clear from the text of Section 1501 that...

I Love It When PDS Sufferers Get Humiliated

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2010 18 Comments

Michael Shaw, who blogs at HuffPo, has a serious case of PDS. Upon seeing an AP photo with a caption asserting that Sarah Palin had "her hair done during a visit to a cholera treatment center," Shaw went wild:If I find the fantastically clever Sarah Palin to...

All Swedes Are Malmö Jews Now

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2010 14 Comments

I have posted previously about the plight of the Jews of Malmö, Sweden, who have been under siege by the Islamist-Leftist Anti-Israel Coalition, what I called Malmö Syndrome.Islamists across Europe have used anti-Israel agitation to justify acts of anti-Semitic violence, and anti-Israel leftists have either encouraged or excused...

Worst Argument Ever Against TSA Screening

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2010 7 Comments

From the "How do they think this stuff up?" files comes the absolutely worst argument ever against TSA screening procedures at airports:All things considered, though, I’d still rather just put less emphasis on airport security. Actually preventing terrorist attacks is a valuable thing to do,...

Ryan on a Roll

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on December 12, 2010 8 Comments

My favorite Congressman, Paul Ryan, is really on the ball this Sunday. Today, he was on Fox discussing the end of looming tax hikes. He also had an op-ed published in one of his hometown newspapers. "The deficit debate is not merely an exercise in...

Scaring My In-Laws

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2010 5 Comments

I posted on Friday about how the internet filters at the Department of Defense blocked access for internal users to Legal Insurrection. As a reader pointed out, technically it wasn't DoD, but the Navy and Marine Corps. filters.Regardless, I should have been more concerned about...

Leaving Work Early

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2010 8 Comments

How many of you would have left an important work meeting with the excuse that you didn't want to keep your wife (husband) waiting?Only the boss would do that, right?Isn't that attitude part of the problem here?--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal...