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Posted by Anne Segal on May 06, 2012 27 Comments
Today challenger Francois Hollande unseated incumbent French President Nicolas Sarkozy with 52 percent of the vote, in doing so becoming the second Socialist president in France’s history. Sarkozy, who conceded defeat late Sunday, thanked the French people for his five years as leader of the country,...

Posted by Anne Segal on May 06, 2012 18 Comments
Yesterday, 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) was arraigned at Gitmo along with his four co-conspirators. The team at This Ain’t Hell was there, in person, and liveblogged the entire trial beginning with this photo taken from the parking lot full of media: This Ain’t...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on May 05, 2012 18 Comments
Jim McAfee, of that McAfee, lives in Belize and has become the victim of their national “Gang Suppression Unit.” Technically, those who put him in custody were arms of the state working to preserve the safety of their citizens, though one has to wonder who...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 04, 2012 20 Comments
He was kind enough to call me, and we had a great conversation. I realize it’s a lot easier to get a return call from someone not at the top in the polls, but not all candidates are that way.  (I’ve been trying to talk...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 04, 2012 33 Comments
Byron York has been one of the few level heads throughout the primaries.  There’s no point in naming names, since I’ve done that plenty, but so many in the alleged conservative punditry and media put in abysmal performances. This post shines, With his serious talk, Gingrich...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 04, 2012 15 Comments
Just released. This is the poll Lugar supporters were saying is the only reliable poll. No public link yet, but Barney Keller of Club for Growth says confirmed: Howey/DePauw University Poll: Mourdock 48, Lugar 38. 700LVs. #INSEN — Barney Keller (@barneykeller) May 4, 2012 @LegInsurrection...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2012 33 Comments
The folks behind the “Stop Rush” web page which Limbaugh has highlighted in his tweets (and which I mentioned in some of my posts) have opened a new website, StopRush.net. The website tracks advertisers, is supposed to show how efficient and effective the anti-Rush movement...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2012 70 Comments
Could it get any worse? When Elizabeth Warren first acknowledged that she had represented herself to be Native American when filling out forms for the Association of American Law Schools directories in the mid-80s through mid-90s, Warren based her claim entirely on family “lore.” A...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2012 15 Comments
From reader Bob: Since I have sons who are into the “import scene” with Japanese cars and not necessarily concerned with politics, I was surprised to see a late “twentysomething” driver who apparently has recognized what was delivered isn’t what was promised. Photo taken while stopped...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 02, 2012 12 Comments
While Richard Mourdock is rising, don’t count Dick Lugar out.  He’s throwing everything he has at Mourdock this week, each day multiple new accusations.  A poll just out shows Lugar with a two point lead, via National Journal: Sen. Richard Lugar and Indiana Treasurer Richard...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 01, 2012 25 Comments
Obama’s speech from Afghanistan, standing in front of military vehicles at Bagram Air Base, was fairly predictable. Yet in this moment of spiking the football, Obama needed to remind us that we are not yet worthy as a nation (emphasis mine): Our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 01, 2012 56 Comments
Yesterday I posted about how Elizabeth Warren’s campaign acknowledged that she self-identified as Native American on forms she filled out for the Association of American Law Schools in the mid-1980s through 1994, but that she still was searching for the genealogical evidence to support her...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 29, 2012 39 Comments
It’s what I’m best at (19 years of schooling down the drain): Noted race relations expert Touré has thoughts on the racist mind based on a conversation he had with someone. In case you were wondering, the “isolated incidents of violence against whites by blacks, in which Trayvon...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 27, 2012 20 Comments
This is the worst omen for Dick Lugar in a slew of bad omens this week. The SuperPAC which has dumped $600,000 of advertising into the Indianapolis market is pulling out of the race: The American Action Network is pulling out of the Indiana GOP...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on April 27, 2012 18 Comments
A map of US wages that suggests most Americans live in some sort of indentured servitude has gone viral. Thankfully, the claim is easily debunked: If that sounds bogus, it’s because it is. Here’s why: Very few people who earn the minimum wage are living...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 26, 2012 22 Comments
Today’s is the 64th anniversary of Israel’s founding. Against seemingly insurmountable odds, Israel survived the War of Independence, and then some.  Now it is engaged in an existential struggle with the Islamists of every persuasion and location, and their anti-Israel allies in NGO’s, “peace” groups, academia,...
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