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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 24, 2011 4 Comments

At Obama campaign headquarters in downtown Chicago they can hear shouts of "OMG WTF" and "How's that 'Hope & Change' thing working out for you?," like the sound of slowly rumbling thunder just over the horizon. Thanks to reader Norbie who spotted this in Elgin, Illinois, not far from Chicago,...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 23, 2011 23 Comments

The Wisconsin recall effort against Scott Walker gets started in three weeks, and guess what, Dems may go after more Republican state senator!  The punchy Director of Communications of the WI Democratic Party is quite excited. There was a massive earthquake in Turkey, with as many...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 23, 2011 15 Comments

24 years ago a new term was coined, "borking" or "to bork."  It is a tactic in which Democrats still revel, except when they feel they are on the receiving end at which point they cry foul. Borking is the complete politicization of the judicial nomination...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on October 23, 2011 10 Comments

I recommend reading this discussion between Eliot Spitzer and a protester from Occupy Wall Street. It is actually pretty interesting and shows that Spitzer hasn't forgotten how to speak like a politician: MM: You think representative democracy is the best system we’ve got? ES: Yes! I say...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 23, 2011 13 Comments

We saw something similar in Wisconsin, when an anti-Scott Walker protester locked her head to a metal railing with a bicycle lock. Yesterday an Occupy Wall Street protester climbed a 70-foot statue demanding that Mayor Bloomberg resign and that the police presence be reduced.  The police...

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

You know about the RI pension mess, because I've been pounding that issue pretty much since the founding of this blog three years ago. The New York Times takes a devastating look at Rhode Island, The Little State With a Big Mess (h/t @amandacarpenter): ON the night of...

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

after seeing this. From reader Joe, send in an e-mail with the subject line "bumper sticker of the day-week-month": Professor, Words fail me, see for yourself! Location- Croton Point Park, Westchester NY ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2011 10 Comments

The Live Stream camera at street level tells the story, the Occupy Dallas protesters control the streets with the line of marchers extending as far as the eye can see: Okay, maybe not.  Reader Derek writes: Professor, I'm an avid reader of your blog. I was in the office today and...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on October 22, 2011 16 Comments

California's streak of bad governance is coming to a climax with the finalization of their cap and trade legislation: California's plan to cap greenhouse gas emissions and put a price on carbon is set to take effect on Jan. 1 after the Air Resources Board voted...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2011 9 Comments

Recently released, already calling on school children to hope for martyrdom. Some more background (h/t @MargieInTelAviv)[Note, I substituted the original NBC video for the YouTube version as a reader pointed out that the last frame of the YouTube video includes links to some offensive videos): https://youtu.be/NpXm9hvXroc...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2011 14 Comments

Oh my how the supporters of Occupy Wall Street cheered when Lech Walesa, hero of the fight against communism in Poland, announced that he would fly to New York to support the Occupy Wall Street movement. Brent Budowsky at The Hill was ecstatic: Great news for the real...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2011 12 Comments

I don't always agree with Jennifer Rubin, the not-liberal blogger at The Washington Post, who used to blog at Commentary. But I respect her because unlike the Stockholm Syndrome suffering not-liberal columnists at The New York Times, Rubin is willing to take on her own newspaper. This...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2011 11 Comments

Spotted by the wife about two blocks from our house in Ithaca.  She was surprised I had not spotted it yet. Actually I had, but if I took the photo and posted it, there would be hell to pay.  But since she took the photo it's...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 21, 2011 24 Comments

In meetings most of the day, what did I miss? Seems like this is some of it: Everyone out of Iraq by Christmas.  Then what. Was Gaddafi originally shot by NATO special forces then turned over to the Libyans who killed him? University of Iowa Poll (thanks reader Charles);...

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