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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 11, 2010 11 Comments
Talking Points Memo, which apparently has given up any pretense of becoming a real news organization, is trying to create a scandal out of nothing, by wondering whether Republicans will be upset that the logo for the 2012 convention includes a “minaret.” To understand how...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 05, 2010 22 Comments
Nothing would surprise me anymore. Some are expecting an “August Surprise” in which Democrats would propose that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac write off hundreds of billions in mortgage debt owed by people who are under water (i.e., they owe more than the house is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 03, 2010 11 Comments
Yesterday a federal judge in Virginia released an opinion permitting the lawsuit by the State of Virginia, challenging the mandate provisions of Obamacare, to move forward. In legal parlance, the judge denied a motion to dismiss. Pro-administration commentators have bent over backwards to portray this...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 30, 2010 6 Comments
There are “elements” within the Democratic Party. Frightening elements. Don’t talk to me about context. Or try to explain that the words do not mean what they appear to mean. These were hateful words which must be taken in isolation and then attributed to all...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 27, 2010 2 Comments
Lowest bar ever set for hero-dom (is that a word?). Jonathan Strong, writing about the Heroes of the Journolist: The Daily Caller has highlighted some of Journolist’s worst moments — such as when liberal members of the media plotted to kill important stories about the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 25, 2010 11 Comments
“I am obliged to confess I should sooner live in a society governed by the first 400 names in the Boston telephone directory, than in a society governed by the 400 members of the Journolist.” From iOwnTheWorld (click for ever increasing and updated photo montage)(via Instapundit):...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 23, 2010 22 Comments
On February 18, 2010, I wrote a post titled Progressive Bloggers In The Wizard of Oz, about a trip by several “progressive” bloggers to meet at The White House with Jared Bernstein, Chief Economist to Vice President Joe Biden. The post carried a photo of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2010 14 Comments
I’ll admit it, I was wrong about The Daily Caller when I called it a failure several months ago. In the past months The Daily Caller has done a good job on a variety of issues, particularly exposing the Journolist, a group of liberal mainstream...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2010 3 Comments
This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: I have a dream. That the week will arrive when the race card will not have been played. And I will have nothing about which to write on...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2010 7 Comments
Harry Reid has a failed record on Iraq for which he never has been held accountable. Reid voted for the war, then falsely claimed he was misled, then tried to defund the war, then declared the war lost, and then stubbornly refused to acknowledge the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 11, 2010 15 Comments
In an upcoming issue of The Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol pens an editorial in which he argues that while “we are not not now quite at a founding moment, or even a re-founding moment,” we are approaching a point of political crisis which will be...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2010 6 Comments
Warren, Rhode Island, has new sidewalks from the center of town down Rte 103 to the Massachusetts border, almost two miles away.  Thanks to the Stimulus Plan. I have driven that road hundreds of times, and also have cycled the route many times. I never noticed...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2010 7 Comments
A few days ago, Sharron Angle launched a new format to her website, giving the campaign a more professional looking web portal. Harry Reid’s campaign, however, took the code from the prior Angle website and launched a website called “TheRealSharronAngle.com.” The fake website was what,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 04, 2010 0 Comments
After the Rolling Stone article which brought down Gen. Stanley McChrystal, various forms of media were patting themselves on the back at the genius of the Rolling Stone reporter. But it was a mistake. The Rolling Stone article was not reporting, it was the worst...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2010 14 Comments
No really. Milk is Oil according to the EPA, EPA classifies milk as oil, forcing costly rules on farmers: Having watched the oil gushing in the Gulf of Mexico, dairy farmer Frank Konkel has a hard time seeing how spilled milk can be labeled the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 19, 2010 3 Comments
The Islamist-Leftist Anti-Israel Coalition has found its most successful tactic — the use of human shields in the form of Western Useful Idiots backed by Islamist Martyrs-in-Waiting to confront Israeli soldiers in the hope that Israel will be forced either to weaken its defenses or...
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