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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...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2012 80 Comments

The reason I have pushed back against the Rush boycotters has nothing to do with Rush.  Social media anonymity has allowed all sorts of implied and explicit threats against advertisers and others as a means of shutting down speech, particularly conservative speech. Twitter is just one part...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 17, 2012 27 Comments

When Rush Limbaugh sent his now famous "first tweet," Twitter went wild.  It was as if a tweet had flapped its wings in South America causing chaos in the political system. There were many postive reactions.  Surprisingly, there were no negative reactions which crossed any lines, at least...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 15, 2012 31 Comments

here in paradise. The Blog Post That Drove Rush Limbaugh to Tweet #FF Rush? He starts tweeting @limbaugh Educational purposes? No typos, but still he gives advice. Anti-Rush Campaign Was in the Works. We have not been worthy since at least 1990. Totally Bogus that 98 Advertisers are Targeting Hannity, Beck, Levin. Politico's...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 07, 2012 33 Comments

place where judges act strangely, Judge draws flak for signing Walker recall petition and Judge Flanagan must step aside in voter ID case: After signing a petition to force a recall of Gov. Scott Walker, the liberal judge had the audacity to issue a temporary injunction against the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 07, 2012 4 Comments

Peyton Manning was released by the Colts today. Upon seeing the headline "Manning Released," cheers must have erupted in Salons around the world. Just one problem, as Jim Geraghty points out: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 04, 2012 70 Comments

on life from Bill Whittle included in the video tribute to Andrew Bretibart I linked to this morning, and from "Jim Treacher" of The Daily Caller: I admired him more than I can say, and my heart goes out to him and his loved  ones. But this...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 02, 2012 89 Comments

JWF has some background on the Georgetown Law student who is challenging Georgetown's contraception policy.  She went to the law school knowing the university's policy, and per JWF, intending to challenge it. Unfortunately, Rush walked into this one without seeing the set up, and now the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 01, 2012 101 Comments

Very sad news to report, just breaking.  Andrew Breitbart is dead. Via Big Journalism: Andrew passed away unexpectedly from natural causes shortly after midnight this morning in Los Angeles. We have lost a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a dear friend, a patriot and a happy...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2012 88 Comments

Obama on our energy future: "We’re making new investments in the development of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel that’s actually made from a plant-like substance, algae -- you've got a bunch of algae out here," Obama said at the University of Miami today. "If we can...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2012 39 Comments

This was, in many ways, the best answer of the night, with Newt turning the tables on his critics with a single word: Mitt Romney Central was not amused:   The "press" has a sense of humor: Sarah Palin seemed to like it: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2012 50 Comments

Being the mainstream media means making birth control an election issue, then wondering aloud why birth control is an election issue. Disingenuous Tweet of the Day: The tweet links to an article titled Birth control as election issue? Why? The issue of birth control has suddenly become an obsession...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 18, 2012 44 Comments

A tweet regarding reports that an unnamed senior Republican Senator asserted to ABC News that if Romney cannot win Michigan, "we need a new candidate."  The "we" apparently is the Republican political establishment, and the new candidate according to the Senator is Jeb Bush. To which Ed...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 17, 2012 41 Comments

Mike DeWine, Attorney General of Ohio, is switching from Mitt to Rick, and he used to be a Tim supporter, so this is big news: Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum was in line for a key endorsement on Friday from Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, who...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 15, 2012 18 Comments

I propose that the House and Senate pass, and the President sign into law with the simultaneous appointment of a Museum Czar, The Museum Fairness Act of 2012, to address the concerns of a severely museum-deprived minority. This is America.  Everyone deserves a fair shot at getting...

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