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Ayatollah Khamenei Eliminated in Israeli Strike

Anti-Trump Revolt - Tucker Calls Iran Decision 'Disgusting and Evil'

My View From Moscow April 1980 - The Failed American Hostage Rescue Mission

If a War on Women falls in the forest …

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 23, 2012 18 Comments

There is a war on women, but they will not talk about it in the media, academia, or in politics (h/t HotAir): So: Yes, women all over the world have problems; yes, the United States has yet to elect a female president; and yes, women continue...

Who exactly is being deprived of the same “chance” Obama had to get an education?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 23, 2012 37 Comments

Obama's exact quotation (via Instapundit), in making his point about not being born with a silver spoon in his mouth: Somebody gave me an education. I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth. Michelle wasn’t. But somebody gave us a chance — just like these...

Lugar = Desperate = Repeat = Lugar = Desperate …

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 23, 2012 19 Comments

I think the Richard Mourdock campaign finally has hit on a theme which needs repeating. Richard Lugar is running a desperate campaign, trying to distract from his record and to conjure up bizarre claims against Mourdock, such as the "Confederate Tie," and false and misleading claims...

You have got to be kidding me

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 23, 2012 34 Comments

My place of work at about noon. ...

Orrin Hatch for Senate

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 23, 2012 26 Comments

I'm not jumping on the anti-Orrin Hatch bandwagon, and not making his primary race part of Operation Counterweight. Orrin Hatch is no Dick Lugar. ...

Franklin & Marshall College Economic Department Features Marxist Curriculum

Students for Justice in Palestine at U. Chicago Cheer for Iranian Missiles Hitting U.S. Navy Base

Dearborn Henry Ford Community College Prof Says Trump Made a Huge 'Mistake' in Iran

Yale to Offer Free Tuition to Families Making Less Than $200K

U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign Students Want School to Spend $25K on Reparations Commission

Anti-Israel Group at Columbia Reacts to Iran Strike by Tweeting 'Death to America' in Persian

Mainstream media ignores Mia B. Love’s historic first

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 23, 2012 31 Comments

Mia B. Love won a historic nomination at the Utah Republican convention on Saturday to run for Congress in the newly-created 4th Congressional District. Love was the first black woman elected mayor in Utah's history, is the first black woman nominated for Congress in Utah, and if elected to Congress, would...

Goes both ways

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 23, 2012 11 Comments

From reader Cathy, who spotted this sticker on a car at the Wright-Patterson AFB museum: ...

Silverware

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 22, 2012 14 Comments

Spooned: Mark Levin: "Obama, it would seem, wants to deny to others what he will not deny to himself. He wants to deny to the children of others what he will not deny to his own children. He wants to amass riches, but he doesn't want...

Close your eyes

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 22, 2012 13 Comments

and imagine it's late at night on November 6, as you listen to the audio only. Who would you think won and who lost the election? Really, try it. ...

Mitch Daniels unintentionally makes the case against Dick Lugar

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

The Republican establishment, in the form of Mitch Daniels, John McCain and a SuperPAC, is trying to rescue Dick Lugar with ads in the run up to the May 8 primary challenge from Richard Mourdock, The just-released Daniels' ad is embedded below, and contains the money line: "I'm...

One. Great. Sentence.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 22, 2012 46 Comments

Definitely a contender. Sarah Palin on the Secret Service agent who checked her out: "Well, check this out bodyguard, you're fired, and I hope his wife kicks his okole and sends him to the dog house long as he's not eatin' the dog along with his former boss." Multiple...

When Richard Mourdock stood tall for private property rights

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 22, 2012 6 Comments

I have written quite a bit about the challenge by Richard Mourdock to Obama's Favorite Republican, Richard Lugar. But one subject I haven't touched upon was Mourdock's valiant effort, against great political odds, to stand up for private bondholders against the Obama-enforced bailout of Chrysler. With barely...

A bumper sticker is worth a thousand words

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 22, 2012 27 Comments

New reader Kathy just sent me the motherload of bumper sticker photos. She's been taking photos for over two years. Here is the first of them taken in High Springs, FL, with her message: I came across you web site and have been enjoying the bumper stickers...

Mia B. Love wins Republican nomination in UT04

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 21, 2012 28 Comments

Just minutes ago, Mia B. Love won the Utah-04 nomination at the Utah Republican Convention. Love received 70.5% of the vote on the second ballot, defeating Carl Wimmer who received 29.5. The result is a shock except to those of us in the blogosphere who have been...

Saturday Night Card Game (Obama isn’t working, working at working, or working out)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 21, 2012 93 Comments

Did you hear the latest in racial politics. Mitt Romney used the "n" word. Not the "N" word, the "n" word as in "isn't working." Romney has a website devoted to the slogan: And has it hanging up behind him during speeches: And that has Tommy Christopher of Mediaite...

“Day of Silence” bullies schools into advocating political messages, encourages tattling

Posted by Anne Segal on April 21, 2012 47 Comments

This Friday, a national "Day of Silence" protest enjoined students across the country to take a vow of silence in protest of harassment of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transexual) students: The Day of Silence is a student-led national event that brings attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying...

Utah Republican Convention Results

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on April 21, 2012 12 Comments

Mia B. Love wins Republican nomination in UT04 UPDATE (9:40 pm): Voting finally starts, after delay caused by bickering in the voting for another district. UPDATE (8:15 pm): Love and Wimmer advance to round 2. Love 53%, Wimmer 30% on first ballot. Kenneth Gray – 1 vote, 0.12...