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Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 21, 2010 3 Comments

Taken by a reader on Halloween 2010 in Greenville, NC.So does mocking people who go to church qualify as "tolerance"?  Or am I misunderterpretting the message?Next question.  Does the owner of this car, which was photographed by the same reader near the store in the first...

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Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 20, 2010 2 Comments

On Thursday evening the Cornell speaker series entitled "Freedom & Free Societies" hosted Richard Fontaine. Fontaine is probably best known for being John McCain's foreign policy advisor for about five years, including 2008, but he also boasts a post at the Center for a New...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 20, 2010 30 Comments

Remember, when you hear about how important it is that the next Republican nominee for President have "gravitas," the following have been designed by people with gravitas:The TSA's scanning and groping system.Obamacare.Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the mortgage bubble.Our tax code.Our federal and state...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 20, 2010 15 Comments

I have criticized Glenn Greenwald on multiple occasions for playing the dual-loyalty card against American Jewish supporters of Israel.Greenwald uses the phrase "Israel-firsters" and also recently accused Eric Cantor, the incoming Republican Majority Leader in the House, of pledging allegiance to Israel.The charge against Greenwald...

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

We all have heard of ballots being found in the trunks of cars, and elsewhere during recounts.  In a hotly contested race for the State Senate in New York, Democrats have gone one better, and found two new (and uncounted) voting machines.Traditionally Republican, the State Senate...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 19, 2010 3 Comments

I was a guest last Monday of Mark Finkelstein, who writes for NewsBusters, on his Ithaca-based television talk show, The Right Angle.We talked about Legal Insurrection, the elections, the vice-presidential and presidential candidates, and a lot about you know who.   The video is here.   Hopefully...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 19, 2010 10 Comments

Once again, Barack Obama is creating a phony crisis to rush a major legislative vote without having done the preliminary legwork to address Republican concerns.Think Stimulus and Obamacare.  This time, it arguably is the most important vote, the Senate ratification of the new START Treaty...

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

What a whack job.  What kind of idiot would use Grey Poupon to prove a point?  Are you suggesting that only fancy, foreign, John Kerryish types use it?  No real American would use that stuff, right Alan?Sure, sure, you were just joking around to make a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 18, 2010 9 Comments

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Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 18, 2010 19 Comments

As a college student, my Facebook feed has been saturated with complaints about the recent discontinuation of "Four Loko," an alcoholic drink which is sold in 23.5-ounce cans containing 12% alcohol by volume. The combination is now illegal following several reports of underage drinkers...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 18, 2010 9 Comments

The GM stock offering is being hailed as a huge success by the Obama administration:President Barack Obama says General Motors' plan to sell stock marks a major milestone not only in the turnaround of that iconic company, but of the U.S. auto industry as a whole....

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

I have written several times before about the controversial nomination of John J. "Jack" McConnell, Jr. to an open federal court seat in Rhode Island.  It appears that Democrats will use the lame duck session to force through McConnell's nomination, which has been stalled for...

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

And I'm sure he hates it too.I agree with John Cole of Balloon-Juice about the Willow Palin Facebook brush fire, Count Me Out:Yes, Willow Palin said something stupid on her facebook page. Big deal. She’s sixteen, and most of the time when a sixteen year...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 17, 2010 9 Comments

This is good news beyond belief.  The faces of 2010 will be the faces of 2012.  Via CBS News:Nancy Pelosi has been elected to lead House Democrats in the new Congress despite presiding over the loss of more than 60 House seats in the midterm...

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