I am amazed that the media will not address this kind of issue. ====== WSJ 11/26/2018 By Eugene Kontorovich Two very different organizations took action last week against Jews owning property in the West Bank. The Palestinian Authority sentenced two Palestinians to 15 years hard labor for selling land to Jews. And Airbnb, the tech behemoth and online marketplace for lodging, announced it... Read more
Archive for the ‘The Left’ Category
She’s a Woman, You Just Need to Believe Her
November 5 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Kavanaugh, Party Politics, The LeftWell, where are the protests? Where is the backlash? ======= WSJ 11/5/2018 Democrats thought they could defeat Brett Kavanaugh with a cascade of uncorroborated smears, but they failed and now the accusations are unraveling. The latest came Friday when Chairman Chuck Grassley referred Judy Munro-Leighton to the Justice Department and the FBI for potential prosecution for making false statements to the Senate Judiciary... Read more
Righteous Anger?
October 5 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Kavanaugh, The LeftWSJ 10/3/2018 Sen. Orrin Hatch Anotable shift occurred in the left’s anti-Kavanaugh campaign over the weekend. Attention has turned away from Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations of sexual assault— the entire reason for last week’s hearing and the ensuing delay in Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation vote—and toward his behavior at the hearing. We’re starting to see arguments like the following: Even if Judge Kavanaugh... Read more
A Politicized FBI
October 5 | Posted by mrossol | FBI, Kavanaugh, The Left, US ConstitutionGood analysis to help understand just how the FBI is designed to fit into “judicial reviews”. ========= WSJ 10/2/2018 By David B. Rivkin and Kristi Remington The bipartisan bonhomie occasioned by the reopening of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s background investigation dissipated quickly. By the weekend, Senate Democrats—who had demanded the investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation—were challenging its credibility, objecting to its scope and... Read more
Destroy the Judge
October 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Kavanaugh, The LeftVery good piece. ===== WSJ 10/2/2018 William McGurn As malignant as were the campaigns against Supreme Court nominees Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas, even they didn’t face accusations as vile and unrelenting as the unsubstantiated charges against Brett Kavanaugh. Adding to the injustice is that the frenzy surrounding his nomination isn’t really about him. It’s about Roe v. Wade. The 1973 Supreme Court... Read more