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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 04, 2012 3 Comments

A different side of Marine One, from reader Scott, who took this photo in Hendersonville, NC, and who also mentioned in his e-mail: An aside, this Breitbart tragedy has kicked me in the pants a bit. I am registering for the bar exam after a multi-year...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 03, 2012 101 Comments

Carbonite, a company I never heard of except through its advertising on Rush Limbaugh's show, has dropped Rush nothwithstanding Rush's apology. Here is the statement released earlier tonight: A Statement from David Friend, CEO of Carbonite as of 6:45pm ET, March 3: “No one with daughters the age...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 03, 2012 64 Comments

Rush Limbaugh posted this statement (h/t HotAir): For over 20 years, I have illustrated the absurd with absurdity, three hours a day, five days a week.  In this instance, I chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation. I did not mean a personal...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 03, 2012 38 Comments

It's all coming together this week, the absurdity of the entitlement state where everything must be subsidized: It works for me, GM laying off 1300 due to low Volt sales: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 03, 2012 42 Comments

Tolerance.  The concept could be a bumper sticker. But if so, it would not be welcome on the campus of Northeastern University, which just banned Chick-fil-A from campus. From The Boston Glove via TaxProf (h/t Instapundit): Northeastern University said yesterday that a Chick-fil-A fast-food restaurant will not be...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 03, 2012 61 Comments

Two hundred fifty Georgetown University Law Center (the name of the law school) faculty, staff and students signed the following statement: The undersigned faculty members, administrators and students of Georgetown University Law Center and other law schools strongly condemn the recent personal attacks on our student, Sandra...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 03, 2012 5 Comments

From previous photographer Zach: Wanted to send along another submission from the mountains of NC. I took these in the parking lot of the American Legion post in Hendersonville, NC. Thought the one was particularly relevant considering the Ted Kennedy reference and the prevalent excuse for...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 02, 2012 46 Comments

U.S. soldiers who accidentally burned Korans to be charged, "“For the soldiers, it will be serious — they could lose rank." Feels like a good night for a White House document dump.  Yup, something in the air. Ted Kennedy too conservative for today's Dem party?  Not sure,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 02, 2012 89 Comments

JWF has some background on the Georgetown Law student who is challenging Georgetown's contraception policy.  She went to the law school knowing the university's policy, and per JWF, intending to challenge it. Unfortunately, Rush walked into this one without seeing the set up, and now the...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 02, 2012 29 Comments

An eighth grader in upstate New York has ruffled some feathers with an essay that casts the public school system as modern slavery. I wish I hadn't clicked on the hyperlink, because - at face value - she seemed so right. Public schools discriminate based on...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 02, 2012 93 Comments

George Will and Erick Erickson predict near certain loss in the presidential election. George Will: “[T]here would come a point when… conservatives turn their energies to a goal  much more attainable than… electing Romney or Santorum president. It is the goal  of retaining control of the House...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 02, 2012 22 Comments

Upon hearing of the death of Andrew Breitbart, Breitbart's Twitter nemesis Eric Boehlert of Media Matters sent a respectful and classy tweet: Even Media Matters itself, with whom Breitbart sparred almost daily, issued a respectful statement: Media Matters has a long history with Andrew Breitbart. We've disagreed more...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 02, 2012 4 Comments

Another one from reader Bruce, taken in Manhasset, NY: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 01, 2012 31 Comments

This is a classic. The story and a longer video are here. On Saturday, September 18th, Glenn Beck and Andrew Breitbart headlined an event entitled “Right Nation 2010,” held just outside of Chicago, Illinois. As you will see in our video report from the scene, when Andrew Breitbart...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 01, 2012 23 Comments

Koch brothers accuse Obama campaign of intimidation tactics Delegate dispute in Michigan Gay marriage signed into law in Maryland Thomas Sowell again points to Newt:  "Newt Gingrich is the only candidate still in the field who can clearly take on Barack Obama in one-on-one debate and cut through...

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