The Other McCain

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

Election ’08: Virtual High-Fives and Online Obamagasms for Journolist

As previously noted, the Daily Caller must have the complete Journolist archives, and now they share the unsurprisingly ecstatic Election Night reactions from?progressives. UPDATE: Instapundit has been a one-man aggregator of all things Journolist the past couple of days. James DeLong’s point that reporters on the list might be accused of “hijacking” the publications that […]

The Case of the Fake Kosher Sausage

Impersonating a Jew for carnal purposes: A Palestinian man has been convicted of rape after having consensual sex with a woman who had believed him to be a fellow Jew. Sabbar Kashur, 30, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Monday after the court ruled that he was guilty of rape by deception. According […]

Blog Hardware Update

by Smitty At The Other McCain, our relentless struggle for world conquest has always been distracted by shiny things that can improve our blog-fu. You may already know that this blog is hosted by Silver Logic, who may be worth considering if you’re escaping the Blogger ghetto (NTTAWWT). For a reasonable price, I scored a […]

Drip, Drip, Drip: Leaks From Journolist Reveal More ‘Progressive’ Genius

It’s becoming obvious that the Daily Caller’s Jonathan Strong either (a) has obtained the entire archives of Journolist, or else (b) is receiving batches of e-mails directly from someone who does have the full archive. Monday, Strong published e-mails in which Journolisters collaborated in an effort to limit coverage of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s rants during the 2008 Democratic […]

Georgia Primary: Ray McKinney Leads 12th District; Liz Carter Leads 4th District

With 60% of precincts reporting in the GA12 GOP primary — to take on Democrat Rep. John Barrow in November — Ray McKinney has 45% of the vote in a four-candidate field. Unless he gets more than 50%, there will be an Aug. 10 runoff. Barrow holds off Democratic primary challenger Regina Thomas by a 2-to-1 margin, which will disappoint […]

Terry Rathbun: Grassroots Revolution

Our friend JSF at Valley of the Shadows calls attention to California conservative who needs your support: If you live in Los Angeles, the term “People’s Republic of Santa Monica,” comes up a lot in conversation. Heck, one of my favorite films, Southland Tales has Justin Timberlake protecting the Santa Monica Pier (and doing a […]

Ginsburg to Retire? Rumors Swirl Again After Kagan Judiciary Committee Vote

Remember my exclusive item May 28 at The American Spectator? Senate staffers Thursday were hearing rumors (ultimate source unknown) that the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is less than two months away. The plan reportedly is this: If Elena Kagan’s nomination to the court can be confirmed early this summer, Ginsburg would […]

Another Department Of Agriculture Point

by Smitty Da Tech Guy floats the question about the NAACP crowd’s reaction to blatant racism. What about questions of the mission of the USDA? As you read Wikipedia, it seems that maybe the USDA is one of those oufits which may have made some sense in a pre-Information Age, but whose functions probably ought […]

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