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Biden Issues 'Full Unconditional Pardon' for Family Members

Biden Issues Preemptive Pardons for Milley, Fauci, J6 Committee, and Others

Part of Israel's Revenge Is To Continue Building, and Growing, and Loving Life, and Being Happy

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...

Georgetown U. Looking to Hire Transgender Studies Literature Professor

U.S. Dept. of Education Takes Action to Eliminate DEI Policies

Ohio College Students Protest Bill That Would Ban DEI Policies

Trump Following Through on Plan to Return American Education 'Back to the States'

Anti-Israel Protesters at Columbia U. Barge Into Classroom Donning Face Coverings

Department of Education to Investigate Antisemitism at Tufts University

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,...

Wisconsin Supreme Court Is “Dysfunctional” – This Does Not Bode Well

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2011 11 Comments

I don't know any of the personalities on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, so I am not going to speculate on how what follows will affect consideration of the budget repair bill.It appears that the Wisconsin Justices are at war with each other based upon the...

Strange Days – DailyKos Takes On A Martial Look

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2011 9 Comments

The KosKids must be experiencing cognitive dissonance, because the DailyKos last night took on an almost martial appearance:I wonder if this is change they can believe in.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Happy Purim

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2011 8 Comments

Tonight starts the Jewish holiday of Purim:Purim is one of the most joyous and fun holidays on the Jewish calendar. It commemorates a time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination. The story of Purim is told in the Biblical book...

Saturday Night Card Game (“I didn’t call you racist, I just pointed out you’re white”)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2011 26 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Aaron Worthing of Patterico's Pontifications and Matthew Yglesias of Think Progress had a bit of a spitting match this week over this Yglesias' post titled Stuff White People Like:...

Victory on the web

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 19, 2011 5 Comments

Recently, "The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has given the .XXX top-level domain (TLD) its final seal of approval. The TLD is meant to give pornographic websites a clearly marked home on the Internet, but it has gone through so many ups...

Hillary Will Be The Fall Guy If Libya Goes Badly

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2011 16 Comments

Nothing could make more clear that the MSM is setting up Hillary as the fall guy if Libya goes badly than this headline at The New York Times:Obama Takes Hard Line With Libya After Shift by ClintonOf course, if things goe badly in Libya, it...

Two Wisconsin Fleebaggers Drafted Senate Rule Relied Upon By Republicans

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2011 6 Comments

The Court decision granting a TRO halting publication of the Wisconsin budget repair bill was profoundly wrong for the reasons I previously have stated, and will not repeat here.One interesting fact is that the Wisconsin Senate Rule relied upon by Republicans was in fact drafted...

Another Obama Freaky Friday

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2011 2 Comments

I have noted before the tendency of Obama to drop political bombshel's on a Friday just as he was leaving for a trip abroad or vacation, including: November 13, 2009, when the administration announced that lshe trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed would take place in...

“Wag the Dog”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 18, 2011 6 Comments

If it were Bush or Clinton, you know we would be hearing about Wag the Dog:How Obama turned on a dime toward war: "At the start of this week, the consensus around Washington was that military action against Libya was not in the cards. However,...

Why haven’t I seen this before?

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 18, 2011 11 Comments

...Update: Per commenter, maybe not a young Michael Moore literally, just figuratively.Update 3-19-2011: Further proof that this likely is not Moore, from reader Matthew, who sent this clip of the same debate indicating it was at Cornell University, which Moore did not attend, and was taken...

If Need Be, Re-Pass The Law And Include The Police Unions

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 18, 2011 38 Comments

A Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge has issued a Temporary Restraining Order preventing the publication (i.e. implementation) of the budget repair bill.I have not seen the opinion yet -- it is unclear whether there is a written opinion or this was issued orally from the bench...