The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Remember the Ugly Daughter on the Old ‘Roseanne’ Show? Well, Guess What?

You’re really not surprised, are you? Sara Gilbert quietly came out of the closet during a Wednesday press conference at the Television Critics Association in Los Angeles, according to Entertainment Weekly. Now 35, the former Roseanne actress and executive producer/co-host of upcoming talk show The Talk has two children with TV producer Allison Adler, but [...]

It’s FDIC Bank Failure Friday!

Today’s lucky loser: Regulators have shut down a small bank in Georgia, lifting to 104 the number of U.S. banks to fail this year as the industry has struggled to cope with mounting loan defaults and recession. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday took over NorthWest Bank and Trust, based in Acworth, Ga., with [...]

Lefties Go Nuts as Anti-Defamation League Opposes Ground Zero Mosque

Pamela Geller is surely laughing herself silly at this spectacle: The Anti-Defamation League, which describes itself as “the world’s leading organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry,” released a statment this morning opposing the building of the 13-story mosque near Ground Zero. “In our judgment, building an Islamic Center [...]

What Doctor Zero Said

by Smitty Doctor Zero picks up directly and briefly after Prof. Angelo Codevilla, pointing out that the Federal government is not your friend and corruption is a function of time. It’s worth adding, as a result, that incumbency is a function of the structural factors encouraging it and the fact that DC is where the [...]

Meet Antoine Dodson

You might be a racist if . . . you start laughing at 1:02: BTW, is it just me, or does Mr. Dodson seem a bit flamboyant? NTTAWWT. UPDATE: Blame Andrew Breitbart! Although I’m pretty sure Antoine never had a job at the Department of Agriculture . . .

A Fine Pawlenty Intro

by Smitty (h/t Political Byline) I’ve seen him live a couple of times, and he hasn’t disappointed. What’s intriguing about him is that he seems especially comfortable both in speech mode and, as far as I can tell, actually doing the job, as he has in Minnesota. My understanding is that he’s outmaneuvered an opposition [...]

Big Mistake: They Never Hit My Tip Jar

Karma catches up with two Texas Republican bigwigs: Sam and Charles Wyly, Dallas billionaire investors known for their support of conservative candidates and causes, made $550 million in undisclosed profits through 13 years of insider trading, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit filed Thursday. . . . Using this offshore system, the Wylys [...]

True/Slant, R.I.P.

Donald Douglas notes the passing of an online venue that published such luminaries as Charles Johnson and Conor Friedersdorf. Dan Riehl blames the “Culture 11″ albatross factor. Donald and Dan neglect to mention the most notorious article in True/Slant’s brief history: Rick Ungar’s “Send the Body to Glenn Beck” screed, which blamed the death of a [...]

William Astore Makes Lindsey Graham Sound Macho

by Smitty Bio: William Astore teaches History at the Pennsylvania College of Technology. He retired from the Air Force as a lieutenant colonel in 2005, having taught at the Air Force Academy as well as the Naval Postgraduate School. He writes regularly for TomDispatch.com and History News Network. He has a post entitled “Our Military’s [...]

That Would Be A Maybach, Gibbs

by Smitty (via Drudge) Purely Reprehensible Egotistical Slimy Sycophant (PRESS) Secretary Gibbs has nothing better to do than make personal attacks on citizens, e.g. Rush Limbaugh, who fail to agree with the atrocious policies his boss carries out and for which he gleefully carries water. In particular, attacks on the foul policy of bailing out [...]

When Phyllis Schlafly Speaks the Truth, Democrats Call It ‘Extremism’

Phyllis Schlafly is one of conservatism’s great heroines. Both Michelle Malkin and Ann Coulter acknowledge Schlafly’s influence as a role model. Forty-six years after her rallying cry for Goldwater, A Choice Not an Echo, and three decades after she led the crusade to stop ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, she’s still driving liberals nuts: [...]

Arizona Fed Judge’s Critics ‘Expressed Their Displeasure in a Perverted Way’

The people aren’t happy with Judge Susan Bolton: Authorities say a federal judge in Phoenix has been getting some threats since her ruling on Arizona’s controversial immigration law. David Gonzales, the U.S. Marshal for Arizona, says U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton has received thousands of phone calls and e-mails since her preliminary injunction Wednesday that [...]

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