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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 25, 2012 19 Comments

Anyone who has had even a cursory interaction with this blog knows that I have had some harsh criticisms for the way the Romney campaign has been run. But, um, even I didn't accuse Mitt of acting like Occupy Wall Street: "It’s absolutely laughable to have a...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 25, 2012 27 Comments

Algae is just alright with me, Algae is just alright, oh yeah. I don't care what they may say, Algae is just alright, oh yeah. Via Kurt Schlichter: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 25, 2012 12 Comments

There are few things so vile as the various "Israel Apartheid Week" activities that have taken place the last few years, an attempt by the coalition of Islamists and Leftists to delegitimize Israel, and everything about Israel. Look at the speaker list of almost any of...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 25, 2012 6 Comments

Sheldon Whitehouse, the luckiest investor in America, has to go. Support Barry Hinckley.  With recent news of Whitehouse's abysmal favorability rating, it's doable.  It would be the shocker of 2012, in a place they are not expecting it. Hinckley just released this web video on The Historic Ocassion of...

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

Can lesbians be charged with a hate crime for beating up a gay man? Why not? Once we make motive an element of a crime, it goes both ways, and all ways. So a Jew can be guilty of an anti-Jewish hate crime, a black of an anti-black hate...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2012 36 Comments

Why Madison has become the weird news capital of the Midwest.  (h/t Dan Collins)  Of the Midwest? How about of the nation? Weirdest Correction of the Day.  They are so precise in everything they do. Democrats Are Praying for a Santorum Nomination.  SoccerDad says I'm going to bronze...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2012 55 Comments

A  former editor in chief of Ms. Magazine observed in October 2008: It's difficult not to froth when one reads, as I did again and again this week, doubts about Sarah Palin's “intelligence,” coming especially from women such as PBS's Bonnie Erbe, who, as near as I...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2012 88 Comments

Obama on our energy future: "We’re making new investments in the development of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel that’s actually made from a plant-like substance, algae -- you've got a bunch of algae out here," Obama said at the University of Miami today. "If we can...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2012 53 Comments

Newt has released a 28 minute video discussing energy independence. (h/t numerous readers) Via Human Events, the video will be broadcast in key markets, in its entirety. Also, it was done entirely from memory, without aid of notes or a teleprompter. Big question: Will people watch a...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 24, 2012 10 Comments

I don't worry that some of my information can be easily accessed on the web. I think I'm typical of most people in my generation who have grown accustomed to taking privacy into their own hands. My rule of thumb is this: if it's a free...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2012 36 Comments

An article at Boston Catholic Insider asserts that Mitt Romney lied during the Arizona debate about forcing Catholic Hospitals to provide the "morning after" pill to rape victims. Here's the debate passage (via Right Scoop): KING (Moderator): Governor Romney, both Senator Santorum and Speaker Gingrich have said...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2012 5 Comments

From Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg (h/t @ChuckTodd): The President and the Democrats are indeed doing very well at the outset of 2012, and the Republicans are doing pitifully. They are not unrelated. Republicans in Congress and in the primary battles are driving independents into the Democrats’...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2012 3 Comments

From reader and frequent photographer Matt in Denver: Please don't worry. I made up for their saved gas going a little out of the way on our way home from to get this picture within the LI safety standards. Unfortunately, I could not make out the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2012 24 Comments

I bet the reaction would be quite different if NY Times columnist Charles M. Blow mocked religious Jewish undergarments the way he mocked religious Mormon undergarments in this tweet (h/t Jim Geraghty): But then again, he's a NY Times columnist with a long history of foul hyperbole directed at the Tea...

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