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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 04, 2010 32 Comments

I knew it would happen, and today it did.I received a call from a former client and friend, a guy in his late 70s, who was a huge Obama supporter and a fairly mainstream liberal and Democrat. In the past my friend very much enjoyed...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 03, 2010 1 Comment

The NY Times ran an article yesterday about the growth of unpaid internships, Growth of Unpaid Internships May Be Illegal, Officials Say:With job openings scarce for young people, the number of unpaid internships has climbed in recent years, leading federal and state regulators to worry...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 03, 2010 17 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:As those of you who follow this blog know, almost every Saturday I highlight the use of the race card for political purposes.The use of the race card for...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 03, 2010 6 Comments

The jobs numbers released yesterday were nothing to cheer. Strip out the temporary hiring of Census workers, and a weather-related adjustment from February, and there was almost no net job growth. As the stagnant 9.7% overall jobless rate reflected, there was no meaningful job...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 02, 2010 11 Comments

Another day, some more agitation by the Obama administration and Agitprop by the mainstream media, this time directed by Obama himself at Rush Limbaugh and other conservative talk radio hosts.This country is boiling over, after over a year of a strategy of crazy, in which...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 02, 2010 2 Comments

McClatchy reporter William Douglas was instrumental in spreading the claim that protesters at the Capitol shouted racial epithets at Congressmen.As Jack Cashill at American Thinker documents, Douglas either was a speed writer of epic proportions, or Douglas pre-wrote much of the article in advance. You...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 02, 2010 1 Comment

"The fiercely pro-Israeli Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was among the guests at the controversy-filled Arab League summit in Libya with the supposed aim of forming a unified strategy against Tel Aviv's illegal settlement plans in Palestinian territories.At one point, according to reports, Berlusconi, whose country...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 02, 2010 7 Comments

Keep moving, nothing to see here: Now Mr Obama is expected to rule out the development of new weapons systems — despite reservations from the military, which is mindful that Russia and China are modernising and expanding their nuclear forces respectively. He will also drop...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 01, 2010 15 Comments

Thanks to a reader for calling my attention to the ongoing spasms of vindictiveness in the U.S. policy towards Honduras.As noted in numerous posts here, the U.S. tried to force the return to power of Chavista and wannabe President-for-Life Manuel Zelaya. Only through the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 01, 2010 8 Comments

The reaction to Obama's announcement that he is opening up some offshore areas to drilling is laughable. There will be no drilling anytime soon, and the plan closes more areas to drilling than it opens.This likely is Obama's attempt to tack to the center as...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 01, 2010 6 Comments

Oh, how the columnists at the NY Times and the left-wing blogs desperately want a militia threat with which to beat law-abiding citizens over the head in the name of Obamamania.Sorry to disappoint Count Frankula and the other fear-mongers and race-card players, once again (h/t...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 31, 2010 5 Comments

The malicious campaign run by the coalition of leftist academics, internationalists and Islamists against Israel continues unabated.We know that in the U.S. and elsewhere, speeches by current or former Israeli officials are disrupted, and there have been organized boycotts of Israeli academics.Now they even are...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 31, 2010 16 Comments

I previously posted about Jamie Gorelick's hiring as a lobbyist for Sallie Mae, the student loan agency. After the debacles she created by raising the wall between law enforcement and the intelligence services, and at Fannie Mae, I thought she was doing quite well for...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 31, 2010 9 Comments

http://www.mapsofwar.com/images/EMPIRE17.swfH/t Israellycool, which posts the following challenge: "See if you can spot when a palestinian state existed."--------------------------------------------Related Posts:What If Palestinians Were Settlers?Law Professor Continues His Personal IntifadaFollow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 30, 2010 12 Comments

The claim by the Joint Committee on Taxation that the health care mandate penalty was not enforceable by the IRS made a lot of news, but that claim made no sense to me.The Senate bill (at p. 336) says that the health care mandate penalty...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 30, 2010 28 Comments

Here is how Tucker Carlson described the purpose behind the Daily Caller (emphasis mine):Tucker Carlson announced plans to launch DailyCaller.com, a conservative-leaning news site that will aim to be an answer to the Huffington Post...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 29, 2010 7 Comments

The anti-Zionist fringe nut who threatened to kill Eric Cantor was an Obama supporter and campaign contributor.You know exactly what I mean when I say, "Can you imagine if Norman Leboon threatened to kill Obama and Leboon were a McCain or Tea Party contributor?"We would...

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