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Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 29, 2009 7 Comments

I want to believe Tiger Woods' statement that the rumors about his wife attacking him are false. Refusing to speak with the police, however, is not a good sign.One issue keeps popping back into my mind on this. Tiger's wife reportedly helped extricate him from...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 29, 2009 2 Comments

Democrats have a thrill running up their legs because health care economist Jonathan Gruber of MIT has proclaimed that private insurance policies "in the non-group market" will cost $200-$500 less if Harry Reid's plan becomes law.The analysis is rudimentary. Gruber merely takes the CBO scoring...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 29, 2009 3 Comments

Can't seem to get motivated to write in great detail about John Kerry's "hey, look, I just issued a report about George W. deliberately letting Osama go in Tora Bora, you know, the same argument I have been making for several years and which failed...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2009 7 Comments

Politico is fast replacing The New York Times as my favorite source of screen shots. Of course, nothing yet approaches the NY Times' Nude Swiss Hikers screen shot, but give the new media time. For now, be satisfied with this ultra-obvious Politico headline: While...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2009 3 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Matt Taibbi in explaining the many and varied reasons why he hates Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin, WWE Star:Palin — and there’s just no way to deny this — is...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2009 3 Comments

It's not Obama's fault that two publicity-seeking reality-show wannabees crashed the State Dinner for the Indian Prime Minister, any more than it was Obama's fault that the Nobel Peace Prize committee awarded Obama the undeserved Peace Prize.In the absence of any real achievements by Obama,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2009 4 Comments

Pulls out of his driveway at 2:25 a.m., driving fast enough to cause serious injury when he hits a fire hydrant and tree near his home. No alchohol involved. Likely verdict:In massive fight with his wife, and drove off like a bat out of hell...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2009 1 Comment

From the London Times, on continuing problems in the British health care system:An immediate investigation to uncover the true extent of death rates across the NHS has been ordered by the Health Secretary after scandals at two hospital trusts. Amid claims that patients are dying...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2009 7 Comments

Do not worry that your electronic medical records, once in the possession of the government, will not be safe. The government has extensive procedures in place to assure that the never, ever, could there be a breach of security.These security procedures have been developed and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2009 2 Comments

Or so it seems. Democratic Representative Mike Capuano is running in the Democratic special primary for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat. While running against numerous other high-profile Democrats, such as Attorney General Martha Coakley, Capuano has put Dick Cheney at the center of his campaign strategy.In...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2009 0 Comments

From an op-ed by Sen. Jeff Session (R-Ala.), on how Harry Reid was one of the architects, during the Bush administration, of the judicial filibuster. Now that Reid is Majority Leader, Reid is against the use of the filibuster for judicial nominees, and indignantly so:This...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2009 4 Comments

Scott Eric Kaufman, at the Lawyers, Guns and Money blog, thought counting non-white people at Sarah Palin book signings was a cool way to prove that Palin and her supporters were racist because there were so few non-whites pictured in available photos.In fact, all Kaufman...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 26, 2009 3 Comments

Before I head into a turkey-induced stupor, I'll leave you with these two wonderful clips of the great Rudolph Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn. The first clip is the first time they danced together shortly after Nureyev defected. The second clip will leave your...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 26, 2009 9 Comments

Ithaca, NY, where I work, is in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. Ithacans hate global warming because it is so corporate and capitalist.So at what point in time should global warming have stopped?"The 'Ice age' was really a series of many advances...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 26, 2009 3 Comments

Sarah Palin's visit to a turkey farm last year made news when the camera caught a shot of the owner slaughtering a turkey. The NY Times Editorial Board was all over the controversy.Turns out the farmer in question has had a tough year, for a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 25, 2009 5 Comments

Another post by Matthew Yglesias engaging in gross generalizations and stereotypes of the politically acceptable kind, Stuff White People Like: Disapproving of Barack Obama:The diversity issues that you see at the elite level of most of American life are, in my opinion, particularly egregious in...

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