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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2010 10 Comments

I posted yesterday about Jon Ralston, the high-profile Nevada political reporter and talk show host, and an exchange I had with him regarding whether he was accusing Sharron Angle of "race-baiting" over a television ad Angle ran on illegal immigration.  When I pointed out that Ralston appeared to...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2010 7 Comments

I don't have time today to get into detail on the Michigan trial court decision upholding the Obamacare mandate under the Commerce Clause.  The decision can be boiled down to these three words:  "Inactivity is Activity."Here is the money quote from the decision (at pp....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2010 15 Comments

I was thinking of holding this one back for a special occasion, but I just couldn't wait.  If the world were to end tomorrow, I would not want you to perish without having seen this.Sent to me by a reader, this photo was taken in the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2010 6 Comments

What is it with my law school classmates?First it was Eliott Spitzer.Now it's Congressman John Adler.  No, not in that way.Adler, a Democrat from southern New Jersey, is a freshman congressman, swept into office on Obama's coattails in a conservative district.  Adler came out early against...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2010 21 Comments

I previously posted about how Gloria Allred exposed her client, Nicky Diaz, to deportation and criminal prosecution by taking Diaz public in such a high profile way in order to damage Meg Whitman's campaign.Last night Greta Van Susteren continued her pummelling of Allred on the...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2010 5 Comments

Well, it's not like it's been all love and kisses, even when he had overwhelming majorities.  As reported by The L.A. Times (emphasis mine):Republican majority in Congress would mean "hand-to-hand combat" on Capitol Hill for the next two years, threatening policies Democrats have enacted to stabilize...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2010 16 Comments

So says Nevada reporter and political guru Jon Ralston about me.Some background.  I have been critical of Ralston for months over the way he has covered the Harry Reid - Sharron Angle Senate race.  While Ralston presents himself as a muckraking but neutral investigative journalist and talk...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2010 4 Comments

Yes, another Prius owner in open revolt.  From a reader:--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Bumper Stickers - The SeriesFollow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 06, 2010 9 Comments

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 06, 2010 2 Comments

Photo below sent by a reader in Arlington, VA, which apparently has a large Green Party contingent.  Some of the true believers have recognized that the change thing isn't working out as people expected.  The old slogans were:Change We Can Believe InChange We NeedThe new slogan...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 06, 2010 11 Comments

I really haven't tried to do the Facebook fan page thing, although I do have a Facebook Networked Blog with close to 500 followers.I find Facebook really confusing, although if my 80+ year old mother-in-law can do it, maybe I need to get with the program.So...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 06, 2010 4 Comments

Jonathan Adler at Volokh Conspiracy (via Instapundit) has a very good take down of the nutroots best and brightest economics-professor blogger, Brad DeLong:Would you consider it sound for one academic to attack a paper written by another, calling it (among other things) “obviously erroneous” and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 06, 2010 10 Comments

I haven't pestered you with that many requests to support a congressional candidate.  So indulge me one more time, and help me support Richard Hanna, who is running in NY-24 in central upstate New York against incumbent Democrat Michael Arcuri.  The seat had been Republican for...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 05, 2010 4 Comments

Tom Daschle reveals that a secret deal was cut with hospital executives in the summer of 2009 for the hospitals to accepts approximately $155 billion in cuts in exchange for Dems dropping plans for a public option, which would have foisted massive cuts in reimbursements...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 05, 2010 10 Comments

I posted earlier about how Cash-for-Clunkers, by driving up the values of used cars, would hit Rhode Islanders because Rhode Island municipalities tax car ownership based on the Blue Book value at December 31 of the prior year.We just received our tax bill for this...

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