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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2010 7 Comments

I used to rely on Politico as a key source of news, but I'm not a big fan of late.  I find myself bored with it, and it seems to be drifting very mainstream media, with all the inherent liberal biases that entails. Sure, it may just be my impression,...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2010 1 Comment

Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) is upset with regulations issued by Obama's EPA to regulate carbon emissions.  These regulations are one of the ways Obama will implement parts of his cap-and-trade plans without Congress having to pass a cap-and-trade bill.Since West Virginia is a big coal state, and...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on December 17, 2010 26 Comments

Sarah Palin's reality show filmed an episode with Kate Gosselin of ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 17, 2010 2 Comments

Via Public Secrets:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHcXtG_C3qM?fs=1]But, could we have held the tax rates steady without the Christmas Tree ornaments hung onto the bill?--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 17, 2010 17 Comments

The headline at The Washington Post, quite predictably, is that Sarah Palin's poll numbers are terrible.But the more important story for 2012 is that Barack Obama has lost 44% of the voters, and has weak core support (emphasis mine):Still, the survey shows limits to Obama's...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 17, 2010 0 Comments

The Omnibus bill was pulled last night by Harry Reid after several Republicans who were considering voting for it reversed course.The Omnibus bill was defeated because of you and millions of others like you who let their voices be heard on the internet, radio airwaves, through...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2010 15 Comments

Breaking news that Harry Reid is pulling the Omnibus spending bill in the face of the loss of possible Republican votes: The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, said Thursday night that he was abandoning efforts to pass a $1.2 trillion spending measure to finance...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2010 47 Comments

I traveled extensively throughout the Soviet Union during the early 1980s, both with groups and on my own approved itineraries.  I also lived in Moscow, and had a chance to slip out of the ring road with Soviet friends into the countryside, which was not permitted...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2010 14 Comments

I'm not sure what Republicans in the Senate can do to stop the Ominibus Monstrosity since there appear to be several Republicans likely to vote for the bill (Collins, Bond, Bennett, Voinivich).  Regardless, the Republican leadership and membership should do anything and everything to stop...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2010 13 Comments

If I were a completely cynical political type, I'd say to hell with the merits of the "tax deal," because we just found the best reason to vote No.  As reported by The Hill (h/t HotAir), Obama tells lawmakers not passing tax deal could end...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2010 1 Comment

As reported by TaxProf, Professor Richard Schmalbeck at Duke is worried that high net worth individuals nearing death -- or their relatives -- will accelerate the end due to the looming increase in the estate tax:Unless Congress acts very quickly, there will be blood as...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on December 15, 2010 5 Comments

Ann Heller sat down with Nick Gillespie to talk about her recent well-received biography of Ayn Rand. I think Heller "gets it", she "[thinks] the core of [Rand's] appeal is her deep love of freedom ...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on December 15, 2010 7 Comments

Tom Woods, one of my favorite historians, wrote a book detailing the 2008 financial crisis titled 'Meltdown.' The book outlines how government intervention and ignorance led to the mess we're still cleaning up. While this is something we all, more or less, know as right-leaning...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on December 15, 2010 8 Comments

Slate magazine has a running report series called "Bidenisms" that I love to quote. Politico today has an account of all of Michael Steele's gaffes. I was hoping to have a funny quote or two, but the column just made me furious. Which is unfortunate,...

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...

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...

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...

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