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ICC Deserves To Be Gutted With Sanctions After Lawless Arrest Warrant For Bibi Netanyahu

Anti-Trump Filmmaker Rob Reiner Has Checked Himself Into a 'Facility' Following the 2024 Election

Legal Insurrection is Sixteen Years Old

Obama and Biden To Sell Homes And Donate Proceeds To Help Fund Stimulus Package

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 06, 2009 5 Comments

The news item I would like to see, but never will:In a stunning announcement, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden announced that they were selling their mansions (photos), and will donate the multi-million dollar proceeds to the federal government to help fund the...

Are Anti-Palin Intellectuals Anti-Intelligence?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 05, 2009 9 Comments

Every now and then, someone writes something that says exactly what I wanted to say had I said it. An article by Yuval Levin in Commentary Magazine, titled "The Meaning of Sarah Palin" so well expresses my disgust at the treatment of Sarah Palin, that...

Pro-Military Protestor Throws Shoes At Socialist Mayor

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 05, 2009 4 Comments

This is one of those man-bites-dog stories. We all know about the shoes thrown at George Bush, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, and yesterday at the Israeli Ambassador to Sweden.In Ithaca, NY, the prevailing power structure is represented by Socialist Mayor Carol Peterson. Last year Peterson...

Guardian Columnist Calls Out The Anti-Israel Left, But Not His Own Paper

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 04, 2009 0 Comments

The Guardian newspaper in Britain devotes endless articles and op-eds to criticising Israel. The paper is worth reading if only to keep up to date on what the anti-Israel left is thinking. Few if any columnists are more critical of Israel than Jonathan Freedland. Yet...

Daschle Withdraws – Yes We Can, Can, Can

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

Tom Daschle, under a cloud of income tax evasion, has withdrawn from consideration for the post of Secretary of Health and Human Services. Daschle could not stand the heat not only of his current tax problems, but also the exposure of his previous tax avoidance...

U. Penn Gets $3.3 Million to ‘Improve Communication’ Between Parents and Their Gay Sons

Yale Prof Concedes Left's Efforts to Destroy Trump Have Failed

Governing Board of Mississippi’s Public Universities Votes to Delete the Word 'Diversity' From Policies

College Coach Accused of Racism Allowed to Move Forward With Defamation Case

Professors Deserve Some of the Blame for the Implosion of Higher Education

Embracing DEI Backfired for Democrats in 2024, Making Them Less Diverse

Most Offensive Photo Ever

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2009 2 Comments

I am warning you, do not click here to see one of the most fowl photos ever. That being the infamous "pigeon" smuggler, caught with his pants down. I would have posted the photo myself, but I would lose the few readers I have. ...

Tom Daschle’s Forgotten Tax Dodge

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2009 0 Comments

In the current controversy regarding Tom Daschle's failure to report income (and thereby evade the taxes on that income), Daschle has portrayed himself as the most honest person in America, who always intended to pay all the taxes he owes, and who simply made an...

Shoe Thrown At Chinese Premier – Bad Shot

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

A protestor in Cambridge, England, threw his shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao today, missing by a few feet. The photo at right (Darren Staples/AP) shows the shoe being picked up by a security guard.The video, although not as dramatic as the Bush-Iraq shoe throw...

Rainforest Growth A Threat To Al Gore’s Pocketbook

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

As if it weren't bad enough that we are having one of the coldest winters in memory, the sea ice is at record levels, and hundreds of climatologists are questioning if not outright debunking Al Gore's hysterical predictions of global warming. Now, the rainforests are...

NY Times: Anyone Who Disagrees With Us On Immigration Is A Racist Xenophobe

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2009 1 Comment

Just when I was feeling a little bad about how the NY Times had to take out a subprime mortgage on its headquarters and is on the brink of financial ruin, the NY Times editors reminded me why I shouldn't feel bad. In yet another...

Turkey Looking Like The Next Iran

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2009 6 Comments

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who heads an Islamist party, recently ripped into Shimon Peres, President of Israel at the Davos forum, telling Peres "when it comes to killing, you know well how to kill.” Peres gave it right back to Erdogan, accusing Erdogan...

Michael Steele

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 30, 2009 0 Comments

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I Guess Any Publicity Is Good Publicity

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 29, 2009 5 Comments

At least they spelled my name correctly:Over at Legal Insurrection Blog, they've been banging the drum for Governor Blagojevich and against a guilty verdict on the Impeachment for quite some time. Blogger William Jacobson has been pointing out Ricky Hendon as a guy who has...

Blagojevich Convicted – Senator Says “It’s Bleeping Golden”; Obama’s Former Colleagues Say Everybody Knew About Corruption, And No One Did Anything

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 29, 2009 3 Comments

Despite an impassioned last minute closing argument, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was found guilty by the Illinois Senate on the Article of Impeachment. The vote was 59-0 to convict Blagojevich of the single Article of Impeachment for abusing power. Elements of the Article included alleged...

Blago’s Masterful Closing Argument – First Take

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 29, 2009 3 Comments

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich just finished his closing argument in the Senate impeachment trial. In an impassioned argument, Blagojevich invoked images of his immigrant parents, the people he tried to help by providing health care benefits, and working families.Blagojevich followed a strategy of saving his...

Just Say No To The Flawed Impeachment Of Rod Blagojevich

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 29, 2009 2 Comments

I didn't expect to end up opposing the impeachment of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. When the news first broke that Blagojevich was charged, among other things, with attempting to "sell" Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, I was inclined to follow the media and pundits in...

Will Blagojevich Call For A Special Election or Secret Ballot?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 28, 2009 0 Comments

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's last minute request to present a closing argument at the Senate impeachment trial has everyone speculating what he is up to. While there are many good speculative arguments as to what Blagojevich will say, there is one argument that no one...