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Thoughts and Prayers for Kamala Harris

Talking Turkey to Trump Derangement Syndrome - Thankgiving Day Guide

Pro-Hamas Mob Tries to Block Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

Someone Tell The Dawdler-in-Chief This Is Not A Term Paper

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 11, 2009 25 Comments

Obama is rejecting all Afghanistan military options presented to him by his national security team after months of consultation, and wants "revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government."Will someone tell our President this is not a...

Blind Leading the Blind – Health Care Edition

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 11, 2009 7 Comments

Ezra Klein posts The $900 billion mistake, about how Barack Obama picked that number out of thin air in his September 2009 speech on health care, as to what health care reform should cost. That arbitrary number has flummoxed Democrats in coming up with a...

Condolences to Sandra Day O’Connor

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 11, 2009 1 Comment

As reported by AP:John J. O'Connor III, the husband of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, has died.The court said that O'Connor, 79, died Wednesday in Phoenix, Ariz., of complications arising from Alzheimer's disease.John O'Connor, himself a lawyer, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's nearly two...

Barack Horatio Hornblower

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 11, 2009 6 Comments

Obama's speech at Fort Hood has been declared to be his greatest speech ever. Seemed appropriate, but pedestrian, to me. Now if Obama had spoken from the heart without a teleprompter, that would have been special.I much preferred Obama's "my pet goat" speech, when Obama...

Rasmussen: Obama Slip Sliding Away

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 11, 2009 2 Comments

Hey Selma, this should make you happy.Rasmussen reports that Obama is down to -10% on the strong approve/disapprove index, and his overall approval is down to 46%: The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 30% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve...

Boise State Women's Volleyball Forfeits Against SJSU Over Trans Player

Thugs Attack and Board Jewish Foundation School Buses in England While Shouting ‘F**k Israel’ at Children

Faculty at Rutgers U. to Vote on BDS Measure

Yale University Hosts ‘Transgiving’ Event

Brown University Seeks Senior Associate Dean of the College For Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion

Multiple American Universities Working to ‘Decolonize Thanksgiving’

Senate to Start Debate Monday on Bill No One Has Seen

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 11, 2009 4 Comments

Harry Reid has a big announcement: Debate will start on Monday on the health care bill! (Assuming Reid gets enough votes to start debate).Which health care bill? We do not know. Reid has not released the bill. He's keeping it in his rather-large back pocket...

100% Plus Taxation Key To Permanent Dem Majority

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 11, 2009 8 Comments

Is it possible to pay more than 100% of your last dollar of income in taxes? And if it were, would you bother to earn that last dollar?Herein lies the key to how Democrats will obtain a permanent, economically-enslaved majority if universal income-based health care...

I Don’t Know

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 10, 2009 0 Comments

But it strikes me that this situation is like the guy who runs a mile a day, and on the 26th day declares: "I just ran a marathon!"While you're at it, Give The Man His Due, and A Tip.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Yeah, But How Did They Get It?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 10, 2009 3 Comments

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So What, Ma’am?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 10, 2009 9 Comments

Barbara Boxer (D-Ca) is proclaiming she has enough votes in the Senate to block the equivalent of the Stupak Amendment from being attached to any Senate health care bill.Ok, then what?The only reason the House was able to pass a health care bill was that...

The Bush-Cheney-Hasan Connection

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 10, 2009 3 Comments

Hot on the heals of the Bush-Balloon Boy connection, and the Iraq-Stupak connection, now we have the inevitable Bush-Cheney-Hasan connection.Writing about the mass murder by al-Qaeda-infatuated Nidal Hasan at Fort Hood, a blogger at Firedoglake invokes the evil spirit of Bush/Cheney, Will There Be A...

Gay Activists Launch Boycott of Dems

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 10, 2009 11 Comments

A group of prominent gay-rights bloggers, activists, and fundraisers, led by AMERICAblogGAY, is launching a boycott on contributions to the Democratic National Committee and Obama's campaign apparatus:We are asking voters to pledge to withhold contributions to the Democratic National Committee, Organizing for America, and the...

Mr. Netanyahu, Tear Down That Wall For Our Suicide Bombers

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 10, 2009 4 Comments

You just knew this had to rear its head on the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall. The anti-Israel left is demanding Mr. Netanyahu, Tear Down This Wall:On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Western leaders are full of self-congratulation. But...

Pelosi’s Abortion Land Mine Explodes

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 09, 2009 2 Comments

I so love to say I told you so.On Sunday, after recovering from the intial reaction to the House vote, I cautioned that the Stupak Amendment created an impossible situation for Democrats. While Democrats were still drunk with jubilation over the Great Saturday Night Victory,...