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'Resistance' Lawfare Abusers Must Be Held Accountable

Leftist Women Absolutely Lose It After Donald Trump's Election Victory

Scarborough, Sharpton Claim Black and Hispanic Men are Sexist and Racist

Goldman Sachs Suit The Latest Crisis Not To Be Wasted

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2010 13 Comments

On Friday, Goldman Sachs was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with fraud in the formation and marketing of a mortgage backed product, a so-called Collateralized Debt Obligation.The gist of the allegations is that Goldman Sachs failed to disclose that a major hedge fund...

He Is One Of The Smartest Men Of His Generation

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

You will never guess who. Or in which publication such tripe was written.For those of you who have just emerged from a three-year long coma or a round-trip to Mars, here is the context, from The New York Times (emphasis mine):They are two of the...

Wednesdays With Medicaid

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2010 6 Comments

Just a little anecdote about the likely future of Obamacare:I was speaking with a doctor friend earlier today, and the topic turned to Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance reimbursement rates. He told me that Medicare pays him about half what private insurance pays, and...

Health Care Coercion Will Get Worse

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2010 6 Comments

Obamacare will have the unintended consequence of creating a two-tier system which is far more dramatic than the current system.We all know about the coercive nature of the individual and employer mandates under Obamacare. Those mandates, however, merely are mandatory (brilliant, I know).The mandates do...

Gates: No Strategy To Stop Iran

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 17, 2010 8 Comments

The NY Times reports on a classified memo sent by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to President Obama admitting that current U.S. strategies on Iran will not succeed in stopping Iran from building a nuclear weapon:Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has warned in a secret...

Prof. Glenn Reynolds: FEMA's Outrageous Act Reveals Weaponized Government

Pro-Hamas Madness is Spreading on College Campuses

Michigan State Prof Offers Students 'Bonus Points' for Attending Class After Trump Victory

Columbia University Students Spent Veterans Day Honoring Terrorists

Columbia University Students Holding 'Anti-Veterans Day' Protest

After Denouncing Jews, Cornell Prof Claims “Violence is All Zionism Can Offer the World”

Saturday Night Card Game (Norah O’Donnell Jumps The Shark)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 17, 2010 4 Comments

Mea Culpa -- The second incident referred to below was by Kelly O'Donnell, not Norah O'Donnell. My mistake, corrected below. The point remains the same.-----------------------------------This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Tonight is a...

Six Reasons Liberal Law Students Are So Sad

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

Dana Lithwick asks What Are Liberal Law Students So Sad About? Her conclusion is that liberal law students are sad because their liberal legal heroes can't seem to get on the Supreme Court:Since it's April, and America's law students have nothing else to do (kidding!),...

There Are Other Words For It

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

In the company of Obama supporters, it's called "inventing" oneself: Look at how much Barack Obama had to figure out. I mean, he’s born who he is, he can look in the mirror; but it must have been extraordinarily confusing to have this father who...

Kagan Rumors Expose Left-Wing Hypocrisy and Homophobia

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 17, 2010 13 Comments

A rumor -- apparently denied -- that possible (likely?) Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is gay set the White House on a "scorched earth" attack on CBS News, where the rumor was reported in a blog. The reaction in the left-wing blogosphere has been equally...

Is This The Way Out For States On Retiree Benefits?

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

Underfunded state retirement systems are one of the greatest problems facing states. There does not seem to be a way out, as municipal and teachers' unions are loathe to negotiate substantial reforms and state governments simply do not have the money to meet unsustainable promises.An...

Jobs Recovery, We Hardly Knew Ya

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

Two weeks ago, unemployment numbers were released supposedly showing a jobs recovery, leading the New York Times and others to cheer how we had turned the corner. Steve Benen at Washington Monthly declared that this was a "breakthrough month" (rah-rah).As I discussed at the time,...

Not Buying The “Jews Turn On Obama” Poll

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 15, 2010 14 Comments

A poll released by McLaughlin & Associates claims that the American Jewish love affair with Obama is fading:According to the 2008 exit polls, Barack Obama won 78% to 21% among Jewish voters. Now, in the second year of Obama’s presidency, only 42% of voters would...

He Has Seen The Enemy, And It Is Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 15, 2010 19 Comments

Accusing Israel of indirectly killing American soldiers is the newest and most pernicious argument of the anti-Israeli left, traditional Arabists in government, and now, the Executive Branch of the United States government.As detailed here before, the argument goes that because the people who kill American...

How’s That

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 14, 2010 6 Comments

Syria dialogue going, Syria Gave Scuds to Hezbollah, U.S. Says New era of openness going, Obama's disregard for media reaches new heights at nuclear summitSupport for freedom-loving peoples going, At nuclear summit, Obama snubs an ally--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter and Facebook ...

Why Don’t Foreign Leaders Bow To Obama?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 13, 2010 15 Comments

Barack Obama has a long history as President of bowing to foreign leaders, the latest being the President of China.Media Matters, which has a good roundup of reaction, says there is a "tired obsession with Obama's supposed 'bowing.'"I assume the defense is that Obama is...

It’s Their Tea Party and I’ll Crash If I Want To

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

New Year, same plans to crash Tea Parties in order to create a pretext for the non-stop Democratic smear machine which seeks to paint all opposition to Obama's agenda as racist and extremist.We saw this last April, as I documented in my post When Fascism...

Sheldon Whitehouse for Sup Ct?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 12, 2010 8 Comments

Someone, somewhere is stoking the notion of Sheldon Whitehouse for the Supreme Court spot being vacated by John Paul Stevens. From the Providence Journal:Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, the Rhode Island Democrat, has appeared on some early lists of prospects whom President Obama may consider - or...