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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."

Cain, the saga continues, and $35k is no biggie (Updates added)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2011 51 Comments

Barring something truly earthshaking warranting a separate post, I'll be updating the Herman Cain story today in this post. The NY Times reports that one of Cain's accusers received a year's severance, $35,000, but that there were issues in addition to Cain that made her uncomfortable working...

Who knew

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2011 7 Comments

that Tennessee doesn't have an income tax? From frequent photographer LInda: Update: Reader Ben writes: Re no State Income tax in TN, we spent two years, 2001-2, battling our Republican Gov Don Sundquist who tried to implement a State Income Tax 6 weeks after he was re-elected...

#OccupyTheStreetCorner

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2011 8 Comments

You know things are bad when the Occupy Wall Street movement cannot get more than a handful of people to Occupy Boulder, Colorado in nice weather. Thanks to reader Jeff who e-mailed this photo to me today: Good Day Professor, I live in Longmont, Colorado but work in...

“Politico failure to respond raises questions”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2011 40 Comments

Politico relied on anonymous sources not just for the tipoff on the Herman Cain story, but for some of the details as to the nature of the accusations. Yet Politico refuses to provide any context for the sources so that readers could judge the credibility...

Best. Worst. List. Ever.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2011 6 Comments

From Zombie at PJMedia, a list of officially declared supporters of Occupy Wall Street. Go to the link for the full list, here's the top (in no particular order): ...

ICE Withdraws From Career Event at Arizona State U. Law School Due to Student Petition

Staffers at Seattle Colleges Learn How to Avoid ICE Cooperation During 'Social Justice Week'

Dallas Baptist U. Cancels Speech by Trump Official Due to Threats

President of Southeastern University Sounds Alarm on Inability of Many College Students to Read

Washington Post Runs Article Criticizing Erika Kirk's Wardrobe

UMass Lowell Radio DJ Under Investigation for Allegedly Threatening JD Vance

That’s still going on?

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 01, 2011 21 Comments

During my morning peruse through the paper, I found a shocking headline: Bullet train cost estimates rise to $98.5 billion. I wasn't surprised at the cost; it's well-established that "infrastructure spending" is a fancy way of saying "giant black money hole." (Hooray for inflation to boot!)...

“Is Herman Cain ready for prime time?”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2011 25 Comments

That's the question David Mark at Politico's Arena forum asks, with this explanation: Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain’s shifting responses to allegations of sexual harassment dating to his time as president of the National Restaurant Association have left his campaign reeling. Has Cain’s campaign done itself politically...

Senior Obama official calls you “teabaggers”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2011 18 Comments

"Teabagger" is the pejorative of choice for left-wing bloggers and an occasional Democratic politician, when trying to vilify supporters of the Tea Party movement. It is a slang term which describes a sexual act. And it is a term used by Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor, as reported...

There is Apartheid in the Middle East

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2011 10 Comments

Calling Israel an "Apartheid State" and the barrier built to keep out suicide bombers the "Apartheid Wall" is part of the standard lexicon of the Islamist-Lefist Anti-Israel Coalition. In The New York Times today, Richard Goldstone calls the apartheid terminology a slander, Israel and the Apartheid...

What does it all mean?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2011 7 Comments

That's the question I had for reader Mike, who sent the photo and responded: All I can tell you is that it’s a take-off on that unanswerable woman’s question, “Honey, does this dress make my ass look big?” I’ll let you decide for yourself whether it...

A taste of the medicine

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 31, 2011 41 Comments

I'm finally back after a full day of travel, where I had to rely on CNN and MSNBC on the plane for coverage of the Politico story about Herman Cain. I can't really sort through all the details yet, too much has happened in the last...

I loathe lamp.

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on October 31, 2011 4 Comments

I was over at #OWS yesterday and I know the LI readership will be pleased to hear that the movement is still going strong. This is despite Mayor Bloomberg's crackdown on their primitive heating system.What will be the next challenge for the organizers? After, you...

Things you probably missed this weekend

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 31, 2011 4 Comments

Here are some things you may have missed this weekend: Please donate to the “Jonathan Alter Obama Scandal Education Fund” Why isn’t Obama protecting these Libyan civilians? Snowloween Tweet of the Day If this doesn’t motivate you for November, Part 2 Saturday Night Card Game - More on the attacks on Herman Cain ...

Primary Jewish #OWS Organizer – Lack of Structure At OWS Allows Non-Anti-Semites To Participate

Posted by Matthew Knee on October 31, 2011 4 Comments

#OWS's policy of having no set views has its advantages. They can include all manner of extremists and unsavory characters while preserving plausible deniability when taken to task for their relationship with such socially-unacceptable figures. Daniel Sieradski, #OWS's main Jewish organizer, last seen thinking up new...

Obama’s Reelection Strategy And #OWS’s True Purpose: Party Like It’s 1936?

Posted by Matthew Knee on October 31, 2011 12 Comments

The conservative movement in America may have been had. #OWS is easy to attack, but the right's demonization of #OWS, even if successful, may be playing into Obama's hands by failing to address the real reason why the Democrats and their special interest allies...

Herman Cain – The First Real Test

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 31, 2011 36 Comments

Because I'm traveling all day, I'm not going to be able to cover the Politico's not very specific yet sensational claims about two settlements in the 1990s involving women who worked at the National Restaurant Association when Herman Cain ran the organization. It's not clear...

Blimey

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 31, 2011 2 Comments

Thanks to reader Thomas who writes: I spotted this in Portland, Oregon today. I'm not sure what the point of the message is. Perhaps it's some form of insurrection? ...