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Democrats trapped by their seething hatred of Tea Party

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 04, 2013 66 Comments

The media narrative is wrong, Obama is the one with no way out.

Unsealed documents shed light on Lavabit case

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 04, 2013 13 Comments

You may recall that in August, the owner of secure email provider Lavabit abruptly shut down the service, leaving little indication as to why, other than a cryptic message posted at the company’s website. Based upon limited statements made by Lavabit’s owner Ladar Levison since...

Harry Reid blocks NIH child cancer funding even though individual funding used to be the norm

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2013 38 Comments

I guess this is no surprise. The rising anger of Obama, Harry Reid and other Democrats has made it impossible even to come to agreement on funding NIH clinical trials for children with cancer. Even though the children with cancer turned away were a major...

Harry Reid and the Constitution: the power of the purse

Posted by New Neo on October 03, 2013 31 Comments

Here’s what Harry Reid said yesterday in answer to a question from CNN’s Dana Bash: What right did [the House of Representatives] have to pick and choose what part of government is going to be funded? It’s obvious what’s going on here. You talk about...

House passes National Guard pay act (UPDATED – Veterans funding too)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2013 12 Comments

Net-Net Today: Vast majority of House Democrats vote against paying National Guard, Reserves and Veterans.

Democratic Party eliminationist rhetoric gone wild

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2013 59 Comments

The 2013 Democratic Party reflects Richard Hofstadter's warning about the paranoid style of politics.

Measuring success of Obamacare exchanges based on clicks and eyeballs, what could go wrong?

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 03, 2013 27 Comments

Hey, remember the last time we measured success by clicks and eyeballs?

Next House funding bill should be to reopen Normandy and other overseas military cemeteries

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2013 14 Comments

It appears that Obama and the Democrats will leave the WWII Memorial in its natural open status, and drop the barrycades, after the negative publicity. That said, the Senate is likely to kill the House funding bill passed yesterday to reopen various Parks Service monuments...

Hah! “Barrycade” enters Urban Dictionary

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2013 32 Comments

"Dude, Obama barrycaded the park."

Vicious Smirkle, Part 2

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2013 14 Comments

In my now classic post on December 3, 2011, Vicious smirkle, I explained the conundrum wrapped in a paradox sitting on top of a puzzle, the algorithms which feed ads to Legal Insurrection and most other blogs: Michele Walk has noticed that Alan Grayson is...

Obama sticks to “no negotiation” position

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 02, 2013 29 Comments

Well, apparently today was just a photo op at the White House. Obama is still in a no negotiation mode. Instead, he’s deliberately trying to talk down the markets. Boehner: President reiterated "he will not negotiate." — John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) October 2, 2013 Bohner: 'we...

House Vote on “Research for Lifesaving Cures Act” – LIVE (Update – Approved, 170 Dems vote against)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 02, 2013 11 Comments

Funding for National Park Service approved

Fake “government shutdown” notice at Cornell

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 02, 2013 22 Comments

In addition to the real shutdowns at the WWII Memorial and elsewhere, we can expect to see all sorts of non-shutdowns blamed on the federal government partial shutdown. I noticed this along a path in the Collegetown section of Ithaca, a path along the Gorge...

McCaskill at WWII Memorial: Park Service has “a lot more common sense than the Tea Party”

Posted by Anne Segal on October 02, 2013 27 Comments

After the Parks Service erected barricades at the World War II Memorial on orders from the Obama administration, Veterans showed up today to protest. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) also showed up. She decried people playing politics, but then launched into an attack on the Tea Party:...

Obama to veto NIH funding – will liberals who screamed about kids with cancer call him out?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 02, 2013 26 Comments

“Research for Lifesaving Cures Act” will be killed. (Update - VIDEO: Harry Reid scoffs at question, "if you can help one child who has cancer, why wouldn't you do it?)

Obama Shutdown candy: Good and Petty

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 02, 2013 23 Comments

The reports are coming in of incredibly petty shut downs beyond the WWII Memorial and Lincoln Memorial. Newt Gingrich posted this image (h/t Twitchy) of a bus turnaround shut down at Mount Vernon: The tour bus turnaround at Mount Vernon closed by Park Police. Zero...

Charge of the Scooter and Wheelchair Brigades

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 02, 2013 33 Comments

WWII Vets turn tide of battle, again

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