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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2012 25 Comments

Update 3-22-2012:  The Toulouse killer was killed in a police raid overnight: Police stormed the flat where Mohammed Merah was holed up at 09:30 GMT, after a siege that had lasted 32 hours. Merah fired at officers and was found dead after jumping from a window. ------------------------------------ Reports of...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2012 9 Comments

Google has done away with Friend Connect for non-Blogspot blogs, which means that 800+ people who followed me that way no longer can do so. If you are one of the people who followed that way, you can sign up for the RSS feed. I also started...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2012 8 Comments

I was a guest last night on African-American Conservatives radio show.  The topics included Legal Insurrection blog history, the Rush controversy, boycott tactics, the Republican primaries, and Scott Walker. The segment is embedded below, or you can listen directly at their website.  My segment starts at...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2012 49 Comments

Robert Costa says Newt's not going to drop out: Think Newt is about to drop out? Nah. He's loving this. Just watch this clip. This is classic Newt--of the moment, sly. politico.com/blogs/burns-ha… — Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) March 21, 2012 ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2012 22 Comments

in Supreme Court against EPA: The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously ruled for an Idaho couple who have  been in a four-year battle with the Environmental Protection Agency over the government’s claim that the land on which they plan to build a home contains sensitive wetlands. The decision...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2012 141 Comments

"BREAKING" -- “Congratulations to Governor Mitt Romney on his win last night and to all the candidates for a hard fought, thoughtful debate and primary season,” said Bush in a statement. “Primary elections have been held in thirty-four states, and now is the time for Republicans to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2012 74 Comments

I have been covering political boycotts frequently since the inception of this blog, including the Prop 8 boycotts, the Mormon Boycott, the DNC boycott, the Beck boycott, the King & Spalding boycott, boycotts of various states for various reasons, the anti-Israel boycotts, and so on. So when...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2012 21 Comments

Via The Times of Israel: Mohammed Merah, the man suspected of the Toulouse Jewish school massacre, was still holed up in his house in northern Toulouse early Wednesday afternoon after a pre-dawn gun battle. Merah had given up a pistol in exchange for a mobile phone, but...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2012 1 Comment

From reader Stephanie: In case you have not seen this bumper sticker.. My younger cousin took the picture in Anthem, AZ and agreed to let me send it to you. Also, thank you for the work you put into the blog. I have greatly enjoyed reading...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2012 82 Comments

Adam Kinzinger, a first term Congressman who was backed by Eric Cantor, defeated 10-term incumbent Don Mazullo.  Kinzinger had won election in 2010 with the support of Tea Party groups, but many conservative / Tea Party groups supported Mazullo in the new district which pitted two...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2012 18 Comments

A $17,000 Dumpster Ramp for the Handicapped.  Yes, but how many jobs did it create or save? Buffett Rule would bring in less than $3 billion a year in revenue.  Yes, but think how many dumpster ramps that could build. I'm going to do the Saturday Night Card...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2012 80 Comments

The reason I have pushed back against the Rush boycotters has nothing to do with Rush.  Social media anonymity has allowed all sorts of implied and explicit threats against advertisers and others as a means of shutting down speech, particularly conservative speech. Twitter is just one part...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2012 17 Comments

I'll have more on this as the date approaches, but anti-Israel groups in Arab countries and the West are planning a "Global March on Jerusalem" on March 30, which will include a planned rush at Israel's borders. The Free Beacon has background, March Madness: The Iranian regime...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2012 38 Comments

Obama's budget proposal shows mounting national debt and deficits.  Paul Ryan unveiled the House budget proposal today, which shows a very different trajectory. Via James Pethokoukis comes this chart demonstrating the difference: After the Obama White House released its 2013 budget plan last month, U.S. Treasury Secretary...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2012 23 Comments

Early on, Team Obama was bragging about raising $1 billion. When over the summer and fall fundraising did not seem to be all it should be, the confidence remained. Now, not so much.  Via The Hill: For some Obama supporters, the presidential campaign’s fundraising totals, released Monday, might have...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2012 12 Comments

I've had readers follow people to get the a bumper sticker photo before, but this is a first. From reader and commenter vonbeck2: I followed this SUV into a Chick-Fil-A in Slidell, LA to get this picture. When i saw it I thought the pres just started laughing...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2012 22 Comments

Via Jazz Shaw, NY redistricting is finalized and Ithaca -- part of retiring Maurice Hinchey's district which disappeared -- now is part of the district of Republican Congressman Tom Reed (campaign website).  I don't know a lot about Tom, but I'll be finding out for sure,...

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