The Other McCain

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

All-Points Bulletin: Maryland State Police Seeking Incompetent Fugitive Smuggler

Loathsome evil cigarettes: A bench warrant was issued Tuesday for a New York man who failed to appear in Washington County Circuit Court on charges of smuggling hundreds of packs of untaxed cigarettes. Chandrakant Petigara, 70, of 212-29 Hillside Ave., Apt. 3JE, Queens Village, was scheduled to be in court to face charges of transporting […]

Soccer May Be Gay, But
At Least It’s Not Canadian

I don’t think Allahpundit is Canadian, but he does have a suspiciously extensive knowledge of Broadway show tunes hockey. IYKWIMAITYD. The other day, I put up a mocking headline: World Cup Overkill: Associated Press Writes 1,068 Words About 1-1 Tie And proceeded to mock soccer, generally, which prompted commenter “gg” (whose IP address is in […]

Like Ronald Reagan Said

Remember this guy from the Doug Hoffman NY-23 campaign? Yates Walker? Sound familiar? Perhaps you remember him from an article in the The American Spectator: Yates Walker ate breakfast in the Blue Moon Café on Main Street in Saranac Lake, New York, on the morning of November 4, and delivered an after-action report on the battle that […]

Hope and Change (and Hateful Stereotypes) Liberals Can Believe In

Obama Oddly Unpopular in Former Slave States — Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo Yeah, thanks Josh. I live in Maryland, a “former slave state” where Obama got 62% of the vote. But never mind that. What does affluent Ivy League a–hole Josh Marshall have to say about Alvin Greene winning the Democrat primary in the “former slave state” of […]

Rep. Bob Etheridge: ‘Who Are You?’

A Democrat in a Republican-leaning North Carolina District, Etheridge was leaving a fundraiser with Nancy Pelosi when two college kids with a video camera asked him a simple question: “Do you fully support the Obama agenda?” Madcap hijinks ensued: A “macaca” moment for the Democrat. His Republican challenger is Renee Ellmers. UPDATE: Department of Unflattering […]

iOwnTheWorld Even Steven Contest Results

by Smitty This blog was honored to review The Even Steven Contest for iOwnTheWorld Contest rules a quick review: Headlines For Major World Events–If It Was Strictly A Liberal World Example: Construction Halted on Hadrian’s Wall Pending Environmental Impact Study or Titanic Sinks. Told Ya So. or Oppressed Mexicans Defeat Imperialists at Alamo Interpretation: Entries […]

Banks Failing, Taxes Increasing

The FDIC is already $20 billion in the hole and the news just keeps getting worse: Regulators on Friday shut down a bank in Washington, bringing to 82 the number of U.S. bank failures this year. Seattle-based Washington First International Bank, with $520.9 million in assets and $441.4 million in deposits, was closed by the Washington […]

Optimism, Inc.

Wall Street analysts consistently overestimate the profit potential of companies: Some economists look at the global economy and see troubles — the European debt crisis, persistently high unemployment worldwide, and housing woes in the U.S. Stock analysts as a group seem unfazed. . . . Caterpillar, a multinational that gets much of its revenue abroad, […]

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