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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 26, 2012 19 Comments

WaPo is pushing the girl power theme, asserting that the ladies are taking over the social media dance floor: Are social media sites destined to always be the online equivalent of a seventh-grade dance? Men on one side, women on the other? The numbers suggest that, instead, women will...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 26, 2012 15 Comments

When Iranian protesters took to the streets in June 2009, the Obama administration policy was to keep quiet and indirectly support the regime in the hopes of luring Iran into nuclear arms talks. Only when the political pressure became too great did Obama speak out, and even...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 26, 2012 0 Comments

Thanks to reader John for this photo, taken in a supermarket parking lot in Richmond, VA: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 25, 2012 19 Comments

Anyone who has had even a cursory interaction with this blog knows that I have had some harsh criticisms for the way the Romney campaign has been run. But, um, even I didn't accuse Mitt of acting like Occupy Wall Street: "It’s absolutely laughable to have a...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 25, 2012 27 Comments

Algae is just alright with me, Algae is just alright, oh yeah. I don't care what they may say, Algae is just alright, oh yeah. Via Kurt Schlichter: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 25, 2012 12 Comments

There are few things so vile as the various "Israel Apartheid Week" activities that have taken place the last few years, an attempt by the coalition of Islamists and Leftists to delegitimize Israel, and everything about Israel. Look at the speaker list of almost any of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 25, 2012 6 Comments

Sheldon Whitehouse, the luckiest investor in America, has to go. Support Barry Hinckley.  With recent news of Whitehouse's abysmal favorability rating, it's doable.  It would be the shocker of 2012, in a place they are not expecting it. Hinckley just released this web video on The Historic Ocassion of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 25, 2012 22 Comments

Can lesbians be charged with a hate crime for beating up a gay man? Why not? Once we make motive an element of a crime, it goes both ways, and all ways. So a Jew can be guilty of an anti-Jewish hate crime, a black of an anti-black hate...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2012 36 Comments

Why Madison has become the weird news capital of the Midwest.  (h/t Dan Collins)  Of the Midwest? How about of the nation? Weirdest Correction of the Day.  They are so precise in everything they do. Democrats Are Praying for a Santorum Nomination.  SoccerDad says I'm going to bronze...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2012 55 Comments

A  former editor in chief of Ms. Magazine observed in October 2008: It's difficult not to froth when one reads, as I did again and again this week, doubts about Sarah Palin's “intelligence,” coming especially from women such as PBS's Bonnie Erbe, who, as near as I...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2012 88 Comments

Obama on our energy future: "We’re making new investments in the development of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel that’s actually made from a plant-like substance, algae -- you've got a bunch of algae out here," Obama said at the University of Miami today. "If we can...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2012 53 Comments

Newt has released a 28 minute video discussing energy independence. (h/t numerous readers) Via Human Events, the video will be broadcast in key markets, in its entirety. Also, it was done entirely from memory, without aid of notes or a teleprompter. Big question: Will people watch a...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 24, 2012 10 Comments

I don't worry that some of my information can be easily accessed on the web. I think I'm typical of most people in my generation who have grown accustomed to taking privacy into their own hands. My rule of thumb is this: if it's a free...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2012 36 Comments

An article at Boston Catholic Insider asserts that Mitt Romney lied during the Arizona debate about forcing Catholic Hospitals to provide the "morning after" pill to rape victims. Here's the debate passage (via Right Scoop): KING (Moderator): Governor Romney, both Senator Santorum and Speaker Gingrich have said...

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