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

Headline: "Payments from BP settlement slow to arrive in Gulf"Subheadline: "Unexpected bureaucratic snafus snarl claims system."--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter and Facebook...

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

I think the man holds grudges. I would not steal his yard signs, if I were you:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GabMEHfCjT0](h/t Ben Smith)--------------------------------------------Related Post:Why Is Gail Collins Afraid of "Illegals"?Follow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 17, 2010 5 Comments

I previously posted about the nomination of John J. "Jack" McConnell, Jr. to the federal district court in Rhode Island.The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote today. The Providence Journal sums up the controversy over McConnell, a mass-tort lawyer who donated hundreds of thousands...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 17, 2010 12 Comments

There is so much wrong with how Barack Obama has handled the Gulf oil spill, it's almost hard to know where to begin.Put aside the ineptitude of the approval process and clean up response. For today, I'm focusing on the tentative settlement with BP. While...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 16, 2010 12 Comments

Shouted an unnamed reporter chasing Sharron Angle through the halls of Congress.Maybe it is because you are incredibly biased people who call yourselves reporters, but simply are looking for a sentence or clause in a sentence which you can twist for fit your preconceived agenda...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 16, 2010 9 Comments

The spinning for Harry Reid is in full throttle.The meme is changing -- according to Democratic insiders! -- from one of doomed Harry Reid to Harry Reid the survivor:There’s no denying that Reid still trails in most polls and that his approval ratings back home...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 16, 2010 1 Comment

Talk about spin, the headlines are screaming 69 law school deans endorse Kagan in letter to Senate:The deans of more than one-third of the nation's law schools have endorsed Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court, issuing a public letter that praises her legal analysis,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 16, 2010 2 Comments

..."So that's what it's like to play President."--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Obama's Gulf Speech In One SentenceArkansas Primary Result in 28 CharactersJewish History In One SentenceFollow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2010 12 Comments

..."I don't know where I'm going, but follow me anyway." --------------------------------------------Related Posts:Is It His Katrina Yet?"Eight Days In April," by Paul KrugmanObama - "The Historic Gulf Speech" LiveFollow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2010 5 Comments

Live at 8 p.m. HERE, because it will be more fun to be among friends than to listen very carefully to the "words, just words."(If you want your brilliant thoughts preserved for eternity, you still can leave a comment to this post.)Obama - The Historic...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2010 7 Comments

I also think he should have to write "I am sorry for being a mean person" 200 times on the blackboard, then wash his mouth out with soap, then sit in the corner with a dunce cap on. I am open to other suggestions.Via Renee...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2010 9 Comments

In advance of Barack Obama's presidential address tonight on the Gulf oil spill, it is reasonable to consider the following possibilities (vote only once, this isn't Chicago):(Poll closed, final pre-speech results below) Question 1: How many times will Obama mention that the Deepwater Horizon platform...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2010 5 Comments

Helen Thomas' comments that Jews in Israel should go back to Poland and Germany perpetuated the falsehood that Israel is a European implant, which fits nicely into the narrative of the Islamist-Leftist anti-Israel coalition.In fact, as I documented before, there was an exchange of populations...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2010 8 Comments

Public sector unions just won a huge victory in Rhode Island, with the signing into law of legislation denying municipalities the ability to file for state receivership as a means of renegotiating unsustainable union contracts.I previously highlighted the state receivership filing by the City of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2010 8 Comments

Requires no further comment, Obama Descecrates Right-Wing Christmas: Really, Mr. President, don't you know that right-wingers love 9/11, and hold it sacred? It's their favorite day of the year, their favorite day in living history; every year, 9/11 fills them with the unsurpassable bliss of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2010 7 Comments

The button.An artifact from a bygone era.When trills and tingles ran up legs.When the rise of the oceans began to slow.And our planet to heal.Now, even MoDo refuses to wear the button.Because now, cool is just annoying.Update: Daniel Hannon now refuses to wear the button.--------------------------------------------Related...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2010 13 Comments

There is something profoundly bass ackwards in the way Obama is reacting to the disaster in the Gulf.Obama keeps focusing on legal liability:President Obama will use his first Oval Office speech Tuesday night to outline a plan to legally compel BP to create an escrow...

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