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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 04, 2011 1 Comment

I will not mention the entity whose name is banned from these pages by popular vote, even though it appears that at least one of its branches doesn't even want to use its name anymore.I merely will quote an article (emphasis mine):The Coffee Party Ithaca Area changed...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 28, 2010 14 Comments

But, but, there was scientific consensus, so why is anyone questioning the theory or looking for evidence to the contrary?As reported by AP (emphasis mine):Israeli archaeologists said Monday they may have found the earliest evidence yet for the existence of modern man, and if so, it...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 27, 2010 54 Comments

There is a bizarre intellectual dance taking place around the topic of Barack Obama's birthplace.  The world has been artificially divided into "Birthers" and "anti-Birthers" when in fact I suspect a large percentage or even majority of the population is neither and simply wants all the evidence...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 23, 2010 11 Comments

Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) was right to insist on greater financial accountability and fraud prevention in the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act (history of text changes here).The Zadroga Act had all the hallmarks of the type of government spending which, without vigilance, gave rise to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2010 9 Comments

Thanks for this link to reader Robin, who writes "speaking from experience, it's right on." This video is by the same author as the video in my prior post, The Left Is Always Right. -------------------------------------------- Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube Visit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress! ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2010 6 Comments

I'm trying really, really hard not to take the bait.  I promised you I would be better next time.At least I've recognized that I have a problem, which is the first step, right?You see, the thing is, I just enjoy it too much, so I...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 04, 2010 14 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: Tonight's issue came to my attention due to the controversy stirred up in Australia over these two t-shirts: The t-shirts, particularly the one that says "we eat meat, we drink...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 02, 2010 11 Comments

H/t to reader Judd for this video:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZrqdZFFb5c?fs=1]--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 13, 2010 16 Comments

My reaction to this device when I saw the advertisement on TV was not "how ingenious."My reaction was, why don't you teach the $#@%! kid not to spill the $#@%! food bowl.But then again, I'm old school.  And lately I've been cranky.[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1xTrM5kVwE?fs=1]--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 08, 2010 22 Comments

If the government ran Hollywood, it would look like the BBC:The BBC Trust, which scrutinises the corporation’s output on behalf of the licence fee payer, said daytime television on the BBC had become too dominated by shows about "collectables hunting and property"...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 06, 2010 18 Comments

And once again, not here.  In Pakistan:At least 65 people were killed Friday afternoon in a suicide bombing at a mosque in northwestern Pakistan filled with worshipers, the latest major terrorist strike on houses of worship in the country.Pakistani television reported that militants also...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2010 26 Comments

Media Matters, which just received a large cash infusion from George Soros, has been trying to get Juan Williams for years, and now it accomplished its goal of getting Williams off NPR.But Media Matters' thirst for absolute uniformity of opinion at NPR is not quenched.  It wants...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 11, 2010 12 Comments

Should the name of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations be changed to State of Rhode Island?Background here, Is Rhode Island's Name Racist?AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE (CHANGING THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THE STATE)(Section 1 of Article XIV of the Constitution)Approval...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2010 10 Comments

Ben Jealous, President of the NAACP, has launched a high-profile media and web campaign to demand that people in the Tea Party movement renounce racist "elements" in the movement.  As I have posted before, Mr. Jealous took islolated, and in some cases planted, signs at...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 29, 2010 3 Comments

The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) is an association, er, of American law schools.  The AALS annual meeting, which is held early in January, is a big event in the law professor community.I first posted about the AALS annual meeting back in November 2008, when some law...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 20, 2010 3 Comments

Fouad Ajami reports on an opinion survey taken by a leading Arab electronic daily newspaper, regarding the Cordoba mosque and Islamic center to be located at or near (depending on your perspective) Ground Zero.Keep in mind that domestic public opinion against the location is widely denigrated...