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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2012 26 Comments

Things doing: One Romney Supporter's Rant:  "What's wrong with the nutjobs on the right?"  Why are you asking me? (h/t HotAir). 1 year ago: "Rick Santorum has some high hurdles to overcome, but don't write him off. Just as Mike Huckabee came out of nowhere to pose a...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2012 64 Comments

The Red Carpet Blogger Awards event was held at CPAC this morning.  I am very pleased to announced that Legal Insurrection received the award for the Most Underrated Blog. I guess that is fitting, and I appreciate recognition that we have not yet been sufficiently recognized...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 10, 2012 10 Comments

Is right twice a day. Jeffrey Sachs, darling of the left, innovator of crazy theories & misguided foreign aid efforts, has called out Paul Krugman's approach to economics:  “Paul has a powerful bully pulpit in his New York Times column, and he’s been on one theme for...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2012 70 Comments

John Hinderaker at Power Line lays the blame for an eventual loss to Obama primarily at the feet of Newt: Nevertheless, if you are a Republican, the vibes are very bad. The presidential primary season has turned into a disaster, in my view. Mitt Romney has shown...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2012 26 Comments

From NBC News: Deadly attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists are being carried out by an Iranian dissident group that is financed, trained and armed by Israel’s secret service, U.S. officials tell NBC News, confirming charges leveled by Iran’s leaders. The group, the People’s Mujahedin of Iran, has...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2012 25 Comments

Israel Matzav and  JWeekly have good write-ups of the anti-Israel derangement at the University of Pennsylvania, which hosted a Boycott Divest Sanction conference.  Not Boycott Divest Sanction Syria, or Saudi Arabia, or Iran ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2012 21 Comments

If being an Obamabot is the end result of evolution, we would have been better off staying knuckle-dragging troglodytes. From reader, student and author @BlakeSeitz, taken in a parking garage at the University of Georgia: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 09, 2012 16 Comments

The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board steadfastly refused to disqualify duplicate signatures and clearly fictitious signatures on petitions to recall Scott Walker, and to this day has rejected the efforts of private citizens to bring recall petition fraud to its attention. But with all the bad publicity regarding fraud...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 09, 2012 33 Comments

Seems like most of the conservative blogosphere is at CPAC.  I haven't ever done CPAC.  I'm a loner by nature, the type of rugged individualist that made this country great.  But I digress. This video by Robert Stacy McCain made me feel car sick from the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 09, 2012 29 Comments

Via Ann Althouse, comes this BBC story about tracking down and confronting an "RIP troll": Full BBC story here....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 09, 2012 31 Comments

Well, it's not the title of Glenn Greenwald's post, Repulsive progressive hypocrisy (h/t @Steven_Swenson), but it could be. Here goes: During the Bush years, Guantanamo was the core symbol of right-wing radicalism and what was back then referred to as the “assault on American values and the shredding...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 09, 2012 34 Comments

Caterpillar has ruled out building a planned new plant in Illinois due to the negative business climate, via AP: "Please understand that even if your community had the right logistics for this project, Caterpillar's previously documented concerns about the business climate and overall fiscal health of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 09, 2012 35 Comments

As was documented by Jeffrey Lord at The American Spectator, the floor speech Newt gave about Reagan's "failing" Soviet policy in 1986 was filled with praise for Reagan and the criticisms of the policy raised in the speech were common among conservatives.  The suggestion that Newt was...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 09, 2012 19 Comments

When I first read it, I thought it said "nag." Apologies to Herb, but in being forced to parent against the extracurricular political agendas which seep into the curricula of the liberal Santa Monica-Malibu school system, I often feel like "The Lonely Bulls**t Fighter." I guess the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 08, 2012 82 Comments

Call me a skeptic (or a shill), but I think I am being more level-headed than those who think last night put Santorum on the fast track. He's not a limited government guy.  That's one of the reasons. Advice Santorum should not take.  No matter how many...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 08, 2012 18 Comments

Last month, Cornell celebrated a successful bid for a NYC-based tech campus. The win is a big boost for Cornell's standing and opportunities for undergraduates. Since the announcement, though, I've been waiting for thing to "get political." Frankly, I'm surprised it took so long...

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