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Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2013 23 Comments
Hey, remember Cash for Clunkers? We sure do, we wrote about it frequently and predicted negative unintended consequences: We Are All Car Buyers Now Cash for Clunkers Driving Up Prices Cash For Clunkers Rear Ends Rhode Islanders “I Didn’t Buy A Clunker, But I’m Paying...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 28, 2013 7 Comments
A UK man has been charged in connection with hacking into multiple US government computer systems, causing personal data of US military personnel to be compromised and millions of dollars in losses, according to US Attorney Paul Fishman in NJ. From Reuters: A British man...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 24, 2013 13 Comments
We’ve written before about the travails of the Canadian Blazing Cat Fur blog against laware utilizing Canadian “hate” laws. Now Ezra Levant, another Canadian blogger and outspoken critic of radical Islamic tactics in Canada, is fighting in court over a lawsuit filed several years ago, as...

Posted by David Gerstman on October 13, 2013 8 Comments
When you read the first few news dispatches below from the past year and a half, keep this photo in mind. Aid Groups and U.N. Agencies Urge Israel to Lift Gaza Blockade – The Associated Press – June 14, 2012 Fifty international aid groups and United Nations agencies...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 12, 2013 2 Comments
In a move that is apt to stun the California-critics among Legal Insurrection readers, our state legislature passed a pro-fracking measure: Oil and gas drillers that use a technique known as fracking would face new rules in California under legislation that was sent to governor...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 08, 2013 26 Comments
While in Jerusalem I stayed at the Mamilla Hotel, just above the open-air Mamilla Mall, near the Jaffa Gate to the Old City. What struck me about it was how Arabs and Jews intermingled freely — it was a very mixed crowd and a seeming...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 07, 2013 80 Comments
There are very good arguments against intervention in Syria, even if I disagree with the conclusions reached from those arguments.  I haven’t denigrated those who disagree, although I can’t say the same is true in reverse. Unfortunately, regardless of how you come out on the...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 28, 2013 43 Comments
A jury has sentenced Nidal Hasan to death for his heinous actions in the November, 2009 Fort Hood massacre. BREAKING: #Hasan sentenced to DEATH. — Fort Hood Shootings (@FtHoodShootings) August 28, 2013 #BREAKING: The @USArmy will soon transfer #Hasan to the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2013 5 Comments
make sure you have this Twitchy article bookmarked, More Huffpo malfeasance: Byron York forces ‘update’ on Santorum gym shower comments The short version is that Rick Santorum made a comment about a conservative student group being denied locker room / shower facilities at a YMCA because of their...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 05, 2013 10 Comments
Over the weekend, we covered the news of Tony Wang, the general manager of Twitter UK, apologizing to women who have experienced abuse on its site, after a female UK lawmaker and several journalists received threats of violence. In the face of very public backlash...
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