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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 19, 2010 11 Comments

As those of you who have been following this blog for a while know, I have long contemplated changes to the blog to make it more user friendly.Every time I try to think through a change, I put it aside because I really, really have...

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

Alan Simpson, unlike Bob Etheridge, stayed and answered questions during a hostile ambush interview, and gave the questioner, Alex Lawson of Social Security Works (filming for Firedoglake's "live stream") an earful about the fallacies behind left-wing attacks on reforming Social Security and lowering the deficit.Lawson...

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

Harry Reid crafted Obamacare without a Doc Fix built into the legislation so that Reid could get the CBO score he wanted. Now Reid admits that without additional spending, the legislation will create havoc:Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had warned Thursday night of the “havoc”...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 18, 2010 4 Comments

The pathetic, lie-infested legislation known as ObamaCare was based on phony numbers and unrealistic assumptions so that Democrats could sell the package to themselves and their delusional Democratic constituents.Those of us who followed the legislation called the Democrats out on it, but since Democrats had...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 18, 2010 2 Comments

The world learned that the go-ahead had been given for the execution by firing squad of Ronnie Lee Gardner when the Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff sent out this tweet: Was this the first Death by Twitter?--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Arkansas Primary Result in 28 CharactersIsraeli Embassy Tweets...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 18, 2010 2 Comments

The Times of London and the Sunday Times are among my favorite sources of news, and I have linked to them very frequently.But now I must say good-bye.Beginning a couple of days ago, The Times group turned off the free TimesOnline and went behind a...

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

North Carolina Democratic Representative Bob Etheridge's muscling of a student who asked whether Etheridge fully supported the Obama agenda has gone viral, and has helped propel Renee Ellmers into a small lead in the polls.Prior to this incident, I had not heard of Etheridge.In doing...

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

Thanks to Solomonia for posting this 1956 cartoon about Israel's aggression. (Added) The cartoon shows Egyptian Gamal Abdel Nasser repeatedly taunting Israel's David Ben-Gurion, and in the last segment Ben Gurion finally hits back. The cartoon appears to be an allusion to the 1956 Suez...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 17, 2010 3 Comments

Headline: "Payments from BP settlement slow to arrive in Gulf"Subheadline: "Unexpected bureaucratic snafus snarl claims system."--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 17, 2010 3 Comments

I think the man holds grudges. I would not steal his yard signs, if I were you:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GabMEHfCjT0](h/t Ben Smith)--------------------------------------------Related Post:Why Is Gail Collins Afraid of "Illegals"?Follow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 17, 2010 5 Comments

I previously posted about the nomination of John J. "Jack" McConnell, Jr. to the federal district court in Rhode Island.The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote today. The Providence Journal sums up the controversy over McConnell, a mass-tort lawyer who donated hundreds of thousands...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 17, 2010 12 Comments

There is so much wrong with how Barack Obama has handled the Gulf oil spill, it's almost hard to know where to begin.Put aside the ineptitude of the approval process and clean up response. For today, I'm focusing on the tentative settlement with BP. While...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 16, 2010 12 Comments

Shouted an unnamed reporter chasing Sharron Angle through the halls of Congress.Maybe it is because you are incredibly biased people who call yourselves reporters, but simply are looking for a sentence or clause in a sentence which you can twist for fit your preconceived agenda...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 16, 2010 9 Comments

The spinning for Harry Reid is in full throttle.The meme is changing -- according to Democratic insiders! -- from one of doomed Harry Reid to Harry Reid the survivor:There’s no denying that Reid still trails in most polls and that his approval ratings back home...

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

Talk about spin, the headlines are screaming 69 law school deans endorse Kagan in letter to Senate:The deans of more than one-third of the nation's law schools have endorsed Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court, issuing a public letter that praises her legal analysis,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 16, 2010 2 Comments

..."So that's what it's like to play President."--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Obama's Gulf Speech In One SentenceArkansas Primary Result in 28 CharactersJewish History In One SentenceFollow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2010 12 Comments

..."I don't know where I'm going, but follow me anyway." --------------------------------------------Related Posts:Is It His Katrina Yet?"Eight Days In April," by Paul KrugmanObama - "The Historic Gulf Speech" LiveFollow me on Twitter and Facebook...

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