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Lie of the Year: Joe Biden Is "Sharp, Intensely Probing, Detail-Oriented, and Focused"

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) calls for creating Dem "war machine" to stop Republicans

Jimmy Carter's Presidency and Post-Presidency - A Brutal Assessment By National Review

Saturday Night Card Game (“Pure Vermont” Implies Vermont is a Place Reserved for White Christians)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 23, 2010 16 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:This also is the latest in the "these people are nuts in the head" series.Via Volokh Conspiracy, comes the controversy in Vermont over the slogan "Pure Vermont."First some background. ...

Iran Has Been At War With Us For Years

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 23, 2010 12 Comments

There are many take-aways from the Wikileaks documents dump. The left is focused on the failure of the U.S. to stop Iraqi-on-Iraqi brutality and torture. But there is a theme in the documents which has enormous implications not so much for the past, but for...

Me At The Field Guide To Bloggers

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2010 11 Comments

Via DaTechGuy, who stopped by my house in Ithaca with The Other McCain on their way from northern New York covering the Ann Marie Buerkle race to Pennsylvania. They ate all my pizza, drank all my beer, then left to find their next victim: -------------------------------------------- Related Posts: Me On InstaVision Follow me...

TOTUS Reveals Big Guy’s Election Strategy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2010 1 Comment

From TOTUS:Update: Hey, TOTUS, enjoy your Historic visit to India!--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...

Okay, New Dem Low

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2010 7 Comments

Just when you thought you had seen it all, via Gawker, The Rape Accusation Against Meg Whitman's Son That Got Hushed Up.Is nothing too low for the Democrats this year?Can Gloria Allred be far behind?-------------------------------------------- Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...

U. Tennessee Students Doing Work on Campus Discover Civil War Trench

‘Climate justice’ Group at Northwestern University Calls for School to Become ‘Fossil Free Campus’

House Republicans Fast-Track Bill to Ban Men From Women's Sports

NYC Subway Slasher with 87 Priors Caught (UPDATED)

University of Oklahoma Paid Drag Queen $11,500 for Performance in Campus Show

President of Indiana University Reported to Her Own Bias Team

Support John Loughlin

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2010 2 Comments

Update 10-24-2010: Two updates so important I'm putting them at the top of this post. Take a look at Miracle in RI-1? by David Freddoso at The Washington Examiner and John Loughlin Will Win the Kennedy People’s Seat in RI-1 by Jack Fowler at NRO.----------------------------------------------------John Loughlin is...

Mocker Sticker

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2010 9 Comments

It took me a couple of minutes to get it. Obviously, a thinking man (or woman), with a sense of humor.Spotted by a reader in Boone, NC:The original is here. But don't get too close, the person actually could be dangerous.--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Bumper Stickers - The...

Media Matters Is The Symptom, Not The Disease

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2010 26 Comments

Media Matters, which just received a large cash infusion from George Soros, has been trying to get Juan Williams for years, and now it accomplished its goal of getting Williams off NPR.But Media Matters' thirst for absolute uniformity of opinion at NPR is not quenched. It wants...

Shocker – Barney Frank Takes Money From Bailout Execs

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2010 0 Comments

Barney Frank finally has a campaign fight on his hands, and this report from The Boston Herald cannot help, Barney Frank rakes in $40G from bailed out banks:U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, in an intensifying clash with GOP upstart Sean Bielat, has pledged not to take...

Worst and Not Worst Predictions About NPR

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2010 4 Comments

Worst, Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, as reported on September 30, 2010:NPR Will Be the Dominant News Force By 2020 Not Worst, William Jacobson, founder of Legal Insurrection Blog, as reported on October 1, 2010:I'm Willing To Bet This Will Not Come True--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Juan Williams...

Juan Williams Was Fox News’ “Lawn Jockey”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 21, 2010 17 Comments

And the award for the dumbest and most revealing comment from a prominent left-wing blog regarding the firing of Juan Williams goes to "DougJ" at Balloon-Juice: "Juan Williams’ firing did not happen in a vacuum. It happened in the context of him having been the official Fox...

Mass Dems Play The Strip-Search Card

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 21, 2010 1 Comment

What is it with Massachusetts Democrats?During the Scott Brown - Martha Coakley election, the Massachusetts Democratic Party played the rape card on Brown, circulating a mass mailing claiming Brown wanted rape victims turned away from hospitals.Now they are attempting to capitalize on allegations related to a police strip...

Juan Williams Fired For Acknowledging Negative Stereotypes

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 21, 2010 25 Comments

Why does Juan Williams negatively stereotype oppressed minorities? Here's what he said about crime in the inner city:There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery. Then...

Taking Back California, One Bumper At A Time

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 20, 2010 1 Comment

Will California ride the wave?Spotted by a reader in Newport Beach, CA:--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Bumper Stickers - The SeriesFollow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...

Will Commoder-in-Chief Rescue “Restore Dysentery” Rally?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 20, 2010 4 Comments

I couldn't resist the title.Don't get too excited about reports that the Marine Corps. has reserved and refuses to share all local supplies of Port-o-Potties for the Marine Corps. Marathon the day after Jon Stewart's "Restore Sanity" rally.Even if true, you know who ultimately commands the Marine...

Media Matters for Soros

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 20, 2010 5 Comments

What we always suspected to be true about the function of Media Matters for America and the bloggers who suckle at its informational teet, we now know to be true:Media Matters, the liberal activist group that wages a rhetorical war against Fox News Channel and others...

But The Stewart Rally Isn’t Political, Right?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 20, 2010 9 Comments

Obama is all in with the Jon Stewart "Restoring Sanity" rally next weekend, even doing an appearance on Stewart's show a few days before. As reported by AP:President Barack Obama is taking his campaign message to "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart. White House spokesman...