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Daniel Penny Case - There But For Fortune May Go You Or I

Harris Campaign Desperate Staffers 'Went Rogue' to Reach Minority Voters

Tim Walz's Daughter and Friends Use Joe Rogan as Their Dating 'Litmus Test'

Kos Media and Research 2000 Reach Tentative Settlement

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 07, 2010 1 Comment

Kos Media sued Research 2000 back in late June, after incendiary accusations by Markos Moulitsas that Research 2000 issued fraudulent polling data.Now the parties have agreed on the "basic terms of settlement" which will require a "series of actions to be taken by each party"...

The Gallup Generic Tracking Poll – Let’s Just Flip a Coin

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

The last Gallup Generic Tracking Poll showed Republicans up by a historic 10 points. I meant, the last Poll prior to the one just released, which a week later shows a tie.Any poll that swings 10 points over a week when there was no news is...

No, Thank You

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 07, 2010 14 Comments

A few minutes ago I passed my 4 millionth blog visit, and weeks ago my 5 millionth page view.Visitor no. 4,000,000 was from Cantor Fitzgerald, the firm which lost 658 of its 960 New York-based employees in the 9/11 attack on The World Trade Center.Since starting...

Google Ads Does It Again

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 07, 2010 0 Comments

It really is amazing how frequently and quickly Google Ads placing an advertisement on a blog on the topic of an article, often for a product or service which is the opposite of the point of the article.The screen shot below shows the advertisement for "streamlined"...

While You Were Away

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 07, 2010 3 Comments

While you enjoyed your long weekend and your soft lives, those of us defending the gates were ever vigilant.In case you missed it, you may want to check out:It's al-Quds Day at WaPo (feat. George Bisharat) Saturday Night Card Game (NAACP Doubles Down With "TeaPartyTracker.org") My...

The Death of DEI at the University of Michigan is a Symbolic Victory

Professor Glenn Reynolds: America's Mood Upbeat after Trump's Win

Drexel University Lays Off 60 Staffers Due to Lowered Enrollment

Former Assistant Dean Gets Three Years In Prison For Embezzling $1.3 Million From Seton Hall Law School

The Second Trump Administration Can Fight America's Growing Antisemitism Problem

U. Wisconsin-Madison Law Student Protests Hiring of Professors From Conservative Law Firm

November Trash Talk

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 07, 2010 0 Comments

From Kathleen Stewart, whose "It Ain't Your Money To Spend" previously graced these pages, comes Taking Out The Trash (in November): (Lyrics here)http://www.soundclick.com/player/V2/mp3player.swfThe song lyrics and her album Taking Back America are available online, including the soon to be classic Blame It On The Last Administration.--------------------------------------------Follow me...

Iranic Juxtaposition

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

Via Memeorandum 9-6-2010, 10:00 p.m.:--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...

Demonizer-In-Chief Upset People Demonize Him

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 06, 2010 29 Comments

Obama's line, in his Labor Day speech in Milwaukee before union leaders and a union crowd, that "[t]hey talk about me like a dog," is getting all the attention.But you really need to read the entire speech. It is classic Obama, living in a time...

Coffee Party Accused Of “Orwellian” Tactics … By Supporter

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 06, 2010 7 Comments

On August 16 I wrote about how a post at the Coffee Party website, titled "Reversing the Coffee Party's decline," had been removed from the Coffee Party website after I called attention to the post on August 13.The removed post, along with dozens of comments,...

My Shocking Theory On The Delaware Primary

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 05, 2010 30 Comments

Prof. Stephen Bainbridge and Dan Riehl have been debating the Delaware Senate Republican primary, and whether it is worth electing "RINO" Mike Castle. Bainbridge says yes, Riehl says no.I don't know enough about Castle or Christine O'Donnell to weigh in on whether Castle is a...

Bumper Sticker Insurrection

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 05, 2010 21 Comments

Spotted by a reader at the Grand Canyon ...

Saturday Night Card Game (NAACP Doubles Down With “TeaPartyTracker.org”)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 04, 2010 7 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:As detailed here before, the NAACP has launched a campaign to smear the Tea Party movement as racist. Now the NAACP is doubling down.In order to prove that it...

Great News – Gov’t To Lose Money On GM IPO

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 04, 2010 13 Comments

The announcement that General Motors would sell shares in an initial public offering was greeted as vindication for the federal government bailout of GM. The IPO would be a way to pay back taxpayers and even to generate a profit for the government.But it is...

Wikio Sept. 2010 Law Blog Rankings

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 04, 2010 8 Comments

.nobrtable br { display: none }1Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion2SCOTUSblog3TaxProf Blog4Above the Law5The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times6ProfessorBainbridge.com7Concurring Opinions8Truth on the Market9PrawfsBlawg10ACLU Bog of Rights11Sentencing Law and Policy12Of Arms and the Law13The Right Coast14How Appealing15Technology & Marketing Law Blog16Brian Leiter's Law School Reports17Defending PeopleHolding steady.18Law Librarian Blog19Lowering...

AP Calls Obama A Liar

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 03, 2010 5 Comments

There is no other reasonable interpretation.Here is how Obama described the end of combat operations in Iraq in his speech Tuesday night:Tonight, I'd like to talk to you about the end of our combat mission in Iraq, the ongoing security challenges we face, and the need...

It’s al-Quds Day at WaPo (feat. George Bisharat)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 03, 2010 4 Comments

Today is al-Quds Day, the day on which the anti-Israel rejectionist front hopes for the destruction of Israel and the liberation of Jerusalem. On this day, Mahmood Ahmadinejad gave a speech in celebration of al-Quds Day declaring that "the Zionists are groups of hypocrite racists who have...

Dems Losing The Yutes