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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 07, 2009 2 Comments

Election result are in from Lebanon, and the pro-Western "March 14" parties are the big winner:The March 14 alliance clinched around 70 out of 128 seats, maintaining its majority in parliament after defeating the Hizbullah-led alliance in Sunday's crucial elections. Celebrations broke out in several...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 07, 2009 0 Comments

From The Guardian, showing that investment fraud is universal:Jawad Tawfiq, a 52-year-old Gazan actor and director, was dubious at first, but his nephew insisted. If they could scrape together enough money, the nephew said, large profits could be made from investing in the tunnels that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 07, 2009 19 Comments

Conservative blogger Ed Whelan "outed" an anonymous liberal blogger who penned under the name Publius. Turns out Publius is a junior law professor who was afraid that revealing his identity would jeopardize his career prospects and family relationships. While Publius worried about the reaction of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 07, 2009 8 Comments

In his "historic" speech to the Muslim world, Barack Obama spoke up for the rights of women. The first example Obama used was the right of Muslim women in the West to wear hair covering (italics mine):The sixth issue that I want to address is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 05, 2009 3 Comments

A portion in Barack Obama's "historic" speech to the Muslim world was particularly odd. In apologizing for religious intolerance in the United States, Obama said as follows:Freedom of religion is central to the ability of peoples to live together. We must always examine the ways...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 05, 2009 10 Comments

I didn't know what the term "shorter" meant until I started blogging. A "shorter" is someone who exaggerates someone else's opinion, or creates a false choice between two extremes. Back in the day, such form of argument would be called setting up a "strawman."As others...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 04, 2009 8 Comments

Here is a one sentence summary of Barack Obama's "historic" speech to the Muslim world:"I have no right to tell you how to live, because we're as bad as you are, but here's how you need to live."--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 04, 2009 5 Comments

Three card monte is a scam in which the sucker is led to believe he is following the winning card, when in fact the skillful dealer has distracted the sucker into following the wrong card. The sucker never wins.Right now, everyone's focus is on Obama's...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 03, 2009 3 Comments

Depends on what the meaning of "bow" is. Because leaning down to have a medal put over your head is not a bow. How could anyone think otherwise? From LGF:Please note! Barack Obama is absolutely not bowing to King Abdullah! He’s receiving a medal.That is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 03, 2009 10 Comments

The White House explanation for Sonia Sotomayor's 2001 "wise Latina" statement was that Sotomayor used a "poor" choice of words and certainly would "restate" the language. This spin made no sense, as the full text of the 2001 speech made clear that Sotomayor did not...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 02, 2009 8 Comments

See HotAir and Michelle Malkin for more examples of "kill Bush" memorabilia. -------------------------------------------- Related Posts: Remember Ilan Halimi Phony Outrage Over "Armed And Dangerous" Further Proof Liberal Bloggers Need To Study History Follow me on Twitter and Facebook ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 01, 2009 7 Comments

In my post yesterday, I noted that Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus wasn't "buying" the Obama administration spin that Sonia Sotomayor made a "poor" choice of words or misspoke in her speech in 2001 when Sotomayor said “I would hope that a wise Latina woman...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 31, 2009 0 Comments

Ruth Marcus is a columnist for the Washington Post. By any standard, Marcus is left-of-center, not an Obama-basher, and not hostile to liberal causes. So when Marcus rejects the White House spin on Sonia Sotomayor's "wise Latina" statement, it deserves attention:Nice try, Mr. President, but...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 31, 2009 7 Comments

I did it because I'm entitled to burn a jet-load full of fuel, even though:I plan to cap industry's production of carbon emissions regardless of whether it destroys our global competitivenessMy carbon emission caps will cost consumers thousands of dollars per family in higher energy...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 31, 2009 0 Comments

“Scott, you said that – or the President said, repeatedly, that Harriet Miers was the best person for the job. So does that mean Alito is sloppy seconds, or what?” CBS News Correspondent, John Roberts, at White House Press Briefing, questioning White House Press Secretary...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 30, 2009 4 Comments

Bruce Ackerman, a prominent constitutional law professor at Yale Law School, warned against the tactic of "stealth" Supreme Court nominations, where an ideologically driven President who seeks to change the direction of the Supreme Court nominates a relatively undistinguished appeals court judge whose lack of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 30, 2009 4 Comments

"There are lies, damned lies, and statistics." So it is said. We now have reached stage three of the Sotomayor debate, because we are into statistical analysis of her opinions and dissents.First, some backdrop on statistics as relates to Supreme Court nominees. During the confirmation...

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