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

The Guardian is reporting that a protestor threw his shoe at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a visit to the north-western Iranian city of Urumiye:An Iranian website, Urumiye News, reported that a shoe was hurled at the president as his convoy drove through a central...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 07, 2009 3 Comments

I think the British paper The Times of London has it right, in its article, "Barack Obama bets the farm in $4 trillion poker game."One of the most seductive elements of Barack Obama's ascent to the White House was his unshakeable conviction that he was...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 06, 2009 9 Comments

Well, that didn't take long. On March 3, 2009, New York Times columnist David Brooks issued his "Moderate Manifesto" in which he confessed uneasiness with his choice of Obama. But Brooks is back on board the Obama ship of state, with a column in today's...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 06, 2009 2 Comments

World gone mad item of the day, from Britain. Under new school rules, teachers are not allowed to run after and stop grade school children who run from school. Under "safe handling" procedures, the teachers are only allowed to "track" the child and call police...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 05, 2009 1 Comment

The Politico article (and AP Photo, right) "Obama's safety net: the TelePrompter," on how President Obama doesn't go anywhere without his teleprompter, is quite disturbing.The article reminded me of the Michael Jackson song, Man in the Mirror:"I'm starting with the man in the mirrorI'm asking...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 05, 2009 2 Comments

Great new song by singer Kathleen Stewart, "It Ain't Your Money To Spend." You can listen to it here.Here the partial lyrics:IT AIN'T YOUR MONEY TO SPEND© 2009, Words by Steve Jones, Music by Kathleen StewartDon't spend my grandson's paycheck.He's only two years old.With Obama...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 05, 2009 12 Comments

From the halls of social science, a theory: "Sex Appeal May Have Hurt Sarah Palin."The conclusion is based on interviews with 122 undergraduates. Basing anything on interviews of undergraduates is suspect to me. This is research?"We hypothesize that focusing on a woman’s appearance will promote...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 05, 2009 6 Comments

Jim Cramer, the television investment personality, has been in the news recently since he criticized Barack Obama's economic plans as a destroyer of wealth. The petty White House reaction to Cramer has put Cramer on the White House enemies list, along with Rick Santelli and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 05, 2009 0 Comments

I shudder to think of what would have happened if he failed to put the seat down:MOSCOW, March 4 (RIA Novosti) - A woman in central Russia's Penza Region has been sentenced to 15 months behind bars after stabbing her husband in the eye when...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 04, 2009 2 Comments

From Moscow News, this explanation of history:In this sense Russia has always differed from the West. Western countries regarded themselves as more developed and generally more advanced, while Russia was seen as backwards, barbaric and foolish. In spite of this negative view of Russia, our...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 04, 2009 1 Comment

Back in the day, when the alpha male Clinton roamed the White House, the high tech stock bubble grew, and grew, and grew. That bubble began to burst in March 2000, nine months before "W" took office, and caused the S&P; 500 to head almost...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 04, 2009 7 Comments

Nothing quite like insulting our closest ally. Great job. Britain's mistake was sacrificing its soldiers to help us in Iraq and Afghanistan. Gordy should have seen it coming once Obama sent back the statue of Winston Churchill. If Gordy wanted the red carpet treatment, he...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 03, 2009 5 Comments

Barack Obama sent a letter to the Russians offering to halt the European missile shield in exchange for Russian help in stopping Iran's nuclear development. The Russians said thank you for agreeing to halt the missile shield, but we don't haggle, so you get nothing...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 02, 2009 0 Comments

I saw a reference at Brian Leiter's Law Report blog touting an article that might be "perhaps the best thing to happen to law schools since U.S. News?" Others are citing this potentially ground-breaking piece, including the Wall Street Journal law page, and the TaxProf...

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