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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 22, 2010 23 Comments

Am I the only one to see the multiple levels of irony in this?Ezra Klein, current employee of The Washington Post: "I actually expect this to be my final public comment on the subject."Nate Silver, future employee of The New York Times: "p.s. This is...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 21, 2010 14 Comments

Nate Silver, soon to be blogging at The New York Times, is not waiting for The Daily Caller to expose more e-mails from the Journolist, in which Silver participated.So Silver is taking preemptive action to explain his involvement (emphasis mine):I made on the order of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 21, 2010 16 Comments

Ezra Klein, who organized the Journolist and now blogs at The Washington Post, declares that the expose by The Daily Caller has descended from tragedy into farce.The proof? Klein feels that The Daily Caller is not disclosing enough of the e-mails, which Klein feels would...

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

Such is now demanded by the NAACP in the Shirley Sherrod matter.You remember her. She's the Department of Agriculture person who, at an NAACP meeting in March, told a story about how 20 plus years ago she had discriminated against a white farmer because he...

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

The State of Arizona has filed its opposition to the lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice seeking an injunction preventing Arizona S.B. 1070 from taking effect on July 29.The hearing on the motion for preliminary injunction is set for July 22 at 1:30 p.m.Here...

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

Another Black Conservative has the best observation (h/t Jim Treacher) on Spencer Ackerman's suggestion that other journalists and bloggers make up charges of racism to help Obama's campaign (emphasis mine): What is astounding is that none on the listsev objects to making up racism, they...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2010 0 Comments

Those are not my words. Those are the words of Democratic Rhode Island General Treasurer, and candidate for Governor, Frank Caprio. As reported by The Providence Journal:Within a year, the taxpayer cost of providing public employee pensions will increase again — and substantially —...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2010 14 Comments

I'll admit it, I was wrong about The Daily Caller when I called it a failure several months ago.In the past months The Daily Caller has done a good job on a variety of issues, particularly exposing the Journolist, a group of liberal mainstream media...

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

Jon Ralston, a Nevada journalist, has announced the death of Sharron Angle's campaign.Do not believe it. Not for a second.I don't know Ralston, other than watching him interview Angle and Harry Reid. My impression is that he is very keyed into Nevada politics, but he...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2010 1 Comment

Chalk this one up to the category of jobs destroyed by Obama (emphasis mine):The Obama administration’s push to accelerate General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC dealership closings, aimed at helping the companies compete, may not have been necessary and added to unemployment, a U.S....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2010 1 Comment

Harry Reid, having brought you the Stimulus Plan and Obamacare, now is set to push cap-and-trade legislation before Congress goes into recess: Senate and House Democrats are headed for a clash this week over funding for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, as Senate Majority Leader Harry...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2010 7 Comments

My, my, how the Democratic Party -- or at least certain "elements" -- could be portrayed as racist if Think Progress cut and pasted some of this material the way it does to the Tea Party movement:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FIBJt-c2o0][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM19YOqs7hU][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgQsRIANKUk]Think Progress has such great researchers, I'm sure they'll...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2010 6 Comments

If you were voting:Should Elena Kagan be confirmed?YesNo, but Republicans should NOT filibusterNo, and Republicans should filibuster pollcode.com free polls--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2010 3 Comments

We really do need wealthy people, after all. Wealthy Reduce Buying in a Blow to the Recovery:The economic recovery has been helped in large part by the spending of the most affluent. Now, even the rich appear to be tightening their belts.Late last year, the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2010 13 Comments

There were two important developments recently in the continued unraveling of the Obamacare public relations BS.First, the Obama administration cemented its legal position that the health care mandate is a tax, which means that Obama is raising taxes on people making less than $250,000 a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2010 9 Comments

I've been in Los Angeles for the past couple of days at a conference, and had the pleasure of having dinner at The Grill on the Alley in Beverly Hills.The Grill is a really good steak and seafood house, and the meal was excellent.  Fortunately,...

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

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:I have a dream.That the week will arrive when the race card will not have been played. And I will have nothing about which to write on a Saturday...

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