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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 21, 2012 11 Comments

Eric Holder has been selected as Harvard Law School's Class Day Speaker.  I don't remember if there was a Class Day when I was there, but I would not have attended anyway for reasons already known to readers. Holder will be greeted with posters protesting Holder's...

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Posted by Anne Segal on May 21, 2012 4 Comments

Spotted: the director of the upcoming documentary "Hating Breitbart" clowning the Occupy protesters by joining their crowd Monday afternoon: Better yet, Rebel Pundit got out and led the crowd in chants, holding a "Breitbart Is Here" sign: Seems just like the time Andrew Breitbart led Code Pink anti-capitalism...

Posted by Anne Segal on May 21, 2012 23 Comments

An old Cold War argument has been resurrected with the news that an amendment allowing U.S. propaganda to be broadcast within our borders has been passed out of the house along with the Defense Authorization Act. Should the State Department be authorized to allow its propaganda...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 21, 2012 25 Comments

That seems to be the attitude of Massachusetts Democrats, as reported by The Boston Herald: Bay State Democrats are standing by their woman, saying they’re confident in embattled Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren — now three weeks into a persistent scandal over her claims of Native American...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 21, 2012 45 Comments

I have not had as much of a chance to focus on the Texas Senate primary as I would have liked.  My inclination was to back Ted Cruz early on, but I just didn't have the time to do the research.  But I have been following...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 21, 2012 29 Comments

Someone's in trouble: Newark N.J. Mayor Cory Booker (D) expressed reserve about the Obama campaign's Bain strategy against Mitt Romney, telling "Meet The Press" viewers on Sunday that he was "uncomfortable" with the line of attacks. "This kind of stuff is nauseating to me on both...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 21, 2012 12 Comments

Any excuse for the link. I'm getting an increasing number of bumper stickers from suprised Californians. From reader Georgette, who writes: Even in California! ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 20, 2012 42 Comments

I have few original thoughts on the fake twins who cannot bear the unbearable burden of bearing fairly boring genealogy and upbringing in middle and upper middle class Amerika. I feel your feign, man and woman. So here is your faking fakers and the fakery they fake Reader (you can attribute any...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 20, 2012 12 Comments

This one hurts.  I grew up knowing so many of the Bee Gees early songs by heart. The New York Mining Disaster 1941 was one of my favorites, and one of the most underappreciated: Robin Gibb passed away today. He will be missed. From Rolling Stone: Robin Gibb, one-third...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 20, 2012 36 Comments

Anne Sorock is on the ground at the NATO protests, and sends these photos, which I'll keep adding as she sends them in. Let's start with the most important component of any protest, the National Lawyers Guild Observer team: Chicago is taking no chances with the protesters...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 20, 2012 4 Comments

David Cicilline, the former Mayor of Providence and current Democratic congressman from my home district RI-01, is in deep electoral trouble because he lied about Providence's abysmal finances during the 2010 congressional race.  He has apologized for lying. With Providence on the verge of bankruptcy, Cicilline...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 20, 2012 19 Comments

It looks like Obama is going to get the "grand bargain" which has been the point of U.S. policy towards Iran since the Obama administration stood silently as Iranians took to the streets in June 2009. The grand bargain theory assures the Iranian theocracy's continued control over not...

Posted by Anne Segal on May 20, 2012 28 Comments

Saturday evening the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published a sweeping endorsement of Governor Walker in the upcoming Wisconsin recall election. The news was a stunning endorsement for Walker, who faces democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in June, given that the newspaper has been known to have a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 20, 2012 7 Comments

Taken by Bryan in Savannah, GA, and forwarded with the message "Coexist with everyone...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 19, 2012 11 Comments

Well said: Aaron Walker, victim: How Brett Kimberlin Tried to Frame Me for a Crime (And How You Can Help!) Robert Stacy McCain does some fine journalism: Domestic Terrorist Now Using ‘Lawfare’? Lonely Conservative call to action: Calling All Conservative Bloggers – The Army of Davids Needs...

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