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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2012 5 Comments

The merger of the absurd and the surreal, or something like that. Tweet of the Day: For an ongoing display of both the absurd and the surreal, sometimes merged sometimes not, visit #StopRush. Related updates:  Angie's List apparently still is holding out against the boycott, as is 1-800-Flowers, which...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2012 12 Comments

I check in every now and then with the efforts of the Limbaugh boycott movement at the Twitter hashtag #stoprush. I noticed over the past few days a lot of chatter and anger directed at @AngiesList, as well as at new local advertisers on the Limbaugh show...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2012 54 Comments

Oh, sure it's not as important as the future of mankind, or the debt cliff Obama is driving us off. But since Democrats are in full Seimus on the Roof mode, why not point out: or  or More at HotAir, Daily Caller, Twitchy. Update:  It has come to this: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 12, 2012 33 Comments

Twitter was lit up today with the @hilaryr controversy.  If you are not on Twitter, you need to be. Both Hilary Rosen and Ann Romney were trending during much of the day. Here are some of the better ones I picked out: Michelle Malkin: "Jim Treacher": Iowahawkblog: Drew M: John Nolte: Dan McLaughlin: Dana...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 11, 2012 111 Comments

What do 2008 and 2012 have in common? The war on conservative women CNN commenter Hilary Rosen lit into Ann Romney for never having worked a day in her life: And Rosen is doubling down on Twitter: Ann Romney inaugurated her own Twitter account with a response: Update:  Rosen, a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 07, 2012 30 Comments

Not taking responsibility (h/t reader Tony): More about Arby's here. If you are on Twitter, you can reach Arby's at @arbys, or at its Facebook page, or at its Contact page. There's probably not much we can do to prevent cowardly companies from giving into boycott threats, except to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 05, 2012 34 Comments

and that cannot be limited without being lost." On the other hand: And so it was written, and so it is done (at 5:45): "In New York City, which you're visiting for a couple of days, a lot of our taxi drivers are Sikhs. If you get one, are you...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 05, 2012 13 Comments

Chris Christie is visiting Israel, and got a chance to look out at Syria from the Golan Heights. Tweet of the Day from @jennaportnoy: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 01, 2012 17 Comments

NY Times, Less Visible Occupy Movement Looks for Staying Power: Six months after the Occupy movement first used protests and encampments to turn the nation’s attention to economic inequality, the movement needs to find new ways to gain attention or it will most likely fade to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 23, 2012 36 Comments

Pop! Goes Carbonite backup service just after announcing 'World Backup Day' (h/t @markinct, who asks: Are you responsible?) Pop! Goes Physician-Owned Specialty Hospitals under Obamacare. Pop! Goes Peter Lewis' Donations to Democracy Alliance, The Liberal Donor Network.  Yes, but has Flo popped too? Pop! Goes the Law School Bubble. Pop! Goes the Lawsuit challenging...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 23, 2012 22 Comments

Sign of trouble No. 1:  Warren is running to the left of Obama on gay marriage and portraying herself as heroic, apparently, per Greg Sargent (via Instapundit): In an interesting move, Elizabeth Warren comes out and calls on the leader of the Democratic Party to complete...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 23, 2012 11 Comments

This analysis by Topsy Analytics show the volume of tweets using the two most popular hasttags for the various boycott Rush groups, #StopRush and #BoycottRush. What it shows is that activity peaked from Friday, March 2 - Monday, March 5. There still is activity, but nothing...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2012 25 Comments

Update 3-22-2012:  The Toulouse killer was killed in a police raid overnight: Police stormed the flat where Mohammed Merah was holed up at 09:30 GMT, after a siege that had lasted 32 hours. Merah fired at officers and was found dead after jumping from a window. ------------------------------------ Reports of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2012 49 Comments

Robert Costa says Newt's not going to drop out: Think Newt is about to drop out? Nah. He's loving this. Just watch this clip. This is classic Newt--of the moment, sly. politico.com/blogs/burns-ha… — Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) March 21, 2012 ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2012 74 Comments

I have been covering political boycotts frequently since the inception of this blog, including the Prop 8 boycotts, the Mormon Boycott, the DNC boycott, the Beck boycott, the King & Spalding boycott, boycotts of various states for various reasons, the anti-Israel boycotts, and so on. So when...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2012 18 Comments

A $17,000 Dumpster Ramp for the Handicapped.  Yes, but how many jobs did it create or save? Buffett Rule would bring in less than $3 billion a year in revenue.  Yes, but think how many dumpster ramps that could build. I'm going to do the Saturday Night Card...

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