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Anti-ICE Church Invaders Chanted Fabricated BLM "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" Slogan

Virginia on Fire: Insane Legislative Blitz on Tax Hikes, Sentencing Rollbacks

"A lot of people mistake this as a fight to save education. It's not. It's a fight to save the country."

Obama’s embrace of Occupy movement working out great

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 26, 2011 4 Comments

I think this is the first "anti-Occupy" bumper sticker I've received. It's more of a bumper poster, actually. Thanks to reader Bill in Washington State, who writes: Hi Prof - attached is a photographed just down the road from me. It is a new sticker, as I...

Christmas Tweet of the Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 25, 2011 8 Comments

I'm not promising to be this easy all the time, but I do try to accomodate the hopes and prayers of the huddled masses, whenever possible. So yes, Leslie, there is a Santa Claus: ...

Christmas Open

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 25, 2011 13 Comments

Some of these may turn into full posts at some time, but for today, just snippets: Richard Lugar, facing conservative challenger Richard Mourdock, is resurrecting the false meme that the Tea Party cost Republicans control of the Senate in 2010. Au contraire, Carley Fiorina (CA), Dino Rossi...

Christmas 2009 – The Undie Bomber

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 25, 2011 10 Comments

On Christmas Day 2009, Abdul Farouk Umar Abdulmutallab attempted to detonate exposives contained in his underwear on a flight arriving in Detroit. Abdulmutallab unexpectedly pleaded guilty in November 2011. As reported by ABC News on December 26, 2009: The plot to blow up an American passenger jet over Detroit was organized...

Anti-secularistic insurrection

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 25, 2011 8 Comments

It's still legal. Spotted in my hometown in Rhode Island: ...

U. Utah Class Explores ‘Black Trans Lesbian Marxists,' Radical Literature

Washington State Bill Would Require Universities to Provide Abortion Pills

President of Brandeis U. Warns Quarter of U.S. Colleges Could Close in the Coming Years

VA Gov. Spanberger Appoints Qatari Lobbyists To Serve on George Mason U. Board

Law Profs Call for More Litigation Against ICE

Federal Judge Shielding Foreign Anti-Israel Campus Activists From Deportation

Christmas Eve videos

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 24, 2011 8 Comments

Merry Christmas to Legal Insurrection readers. A Social Network Christmas was posted by Kathleen last Christmas: I like this video fo Enya singing Silent Night in Irish Gaelic (h/t American Glob): ...

Saturday Night Card Game (Eric Holder’s race card play was “just words”)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 24, 2011 10 Comments

At the Saturday Night Card Game, a man's words are his words. Words matter. And you can't take them back. The players have a long memory, almost as long a memory as the internet. And so it has come to this (emphasis mine): But Mr. Holder contended that many...

Christmas greetings, from a President

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 24, 2011 12 Comments

Hat tip to Sunshine State Sarah for this video of Ronald Reagan's December 23, 1981 Christmas address to the nation. There are so many amazing things about this video. It's uplifting and depressing at the same time. When will it be over? Part 1 Part 2 ...

Which came first, Mitt Romney or Obama’s “bosses versus secretaries” campaign theme?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 24, 2011 11 Comments

Since 2008 Obama has pursued a class warfare agenda, narrowing his focus over time from the Top 5% to the Top 2% to the Top 1%. This year Obama has narrowed his focus even further, singling out those millionaires and billionaires who pay a lower tax...

Will car bombings save Assad?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 24, 2011 1 Comment

It's easy to come up with conspiracy theories for any bombing, but the two car bombings in Syria in restricted areas have raised suspicions that it was a set-up by the Assad regime to rally public support and set both Arab governments and the West...

Redistricting good news in New Jersey and Pennsylvania

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 24, 2011 1 Comment

After losses in Colorado, Illinois and a devastating scam pulled in California, Republicans have won redistricting battles in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In New Jersey, an incumbent Dem will have to run in a majority Republican district, and several other Republicans shed Democratic communities in their...

Caught in the act

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 24, 2011 7 Comments

I always wondered what I would say if caught in the act of photographing someone's bumper sticker. Probably will go something like this, at least if in Ithaca: "Hey, love the Coexist sticker, pass the Granola," or perhaps, "Repuglicans suck, don't they. Dig the Tax the...

Yes, Virginia, there are only three Republican candidates (Update: 2 or 3?)(Final: Only 2)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 23, 2011 43 Comments

Almost hard to believe, but only Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul have qualified for the Virginia Republican primary on Super Tuesday in March. Virginia has onerous requirements of 10,000 signatures with at least 400 from each of 11 congressional districts. Rick Perry, who was believed...

Intolerant anti-Israel left still not tolerant

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 23, 2011 5 Comments

I posted previously about accusations that groups such as Media Matters and the Center for American Progress (which runs the Think Progress blog) routinely used questionable terminology (such as "Israel-Firsters") and were pushing an anti-Israel agenda under the guise of battling the "Israel Lobby." The story...

Battered MSM syndrome

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 23, 2011 11 Comments

They love him so much but he doesn't love them back. And it hurts. They know it is not healthy. Some would call it abusive, a syndrome even. They blame themselves; if only they had not talked back, if only ...

“Obama has got to be defeated”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 23, 2011 6 Comments

Via Right Scoop, Mark Levin (prefers Santorum or Bachmann) talks 2012 presidential candidates with Don Imus (Newt hater): Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com...

Catching up

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 23, 2011 9 Comments

With some links I've been saving but never got around to posting: Wind energy industry is sucking up federal subsidies at an amazing pace, and it's going to industry insiders. Interesting article at Yale Law Journal about how impeachment is not, or at least should not be,...