The Other McCain

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

TSA Boss Explains Groping Grandma Necessary Because U.S. Doesn’t ‘Profile’

Gateway Pundit has CNN video with TSA chief John Pistole telling Candy Crowley: “I think the Israeli model, which a number of people have talked about, uses intelligence in a different way, profiling. . . . That is top-notch security. The question is, do we profile here in the U.S.? No, we don’t.” So when a […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 11.22.10

TOP NEWS Scans And Groping Here To Stay, Says TSA Chief Rep. John Mica (R-Fla), future head of the House Transportation Committee: “I don’t think the rollout was good and the application is even worse. This does need to be refined.” NZ Mine Drama Enters Fourth Day Still no word on when rescue bid will […]

Obama: Shiva the Destroyer?

Barracuda Brigade linked this: This sounds about right: “Shiva is the destroyer, the most powerful god of the Hindu pantheon and one of the godheads in the Hindu Trinity.” However great Obama’s destructive power — three weeks ago, he was widely credited for the annihilation of Democrats in the mid-term elections — this attribution of […]

Comcast ‘Presumptuous and Arrogant’

No, it’s not somebody complaining about their cable bill. It’s federal regulators talking about the NBC takeover: Comcast is still in negotiations with the government over its proposed takeover of NBC Universal, but that did not stop the cable company from announcing a new management slate for the entertainment giant last week. That announcement displeased […]

William Teach Thinks He’s Got Me Beat With Natalie Portman Thong Picture . . .

. . . and he’s wrong. Indeed, it’s hard to imagine a Rule 5 better than Natalie Portman’s bare bottom. But my friend at Pirate’s Cove only has a photo. How about video of that famous tush? Skip ahead to about 1:25: UPDATE: Yankee Phil has a Rule 5 roundup. He’s even offering to fill […]

Excellent Legal Advice for Sarah Palin

Professor William Jacobson: These are, after all, the same people who went after Meg Whitman’s kids and bragged about it, who ran the “one-night stand” hit piece on Christine O’Donnell and bragged about it, and who created and spread the rumor of your supposed boob-job and bragged about it. And they bragged when they stole a partial copy of […]

Republican Buerkle Leads by 567 Votes in NY-25; Still No Concession From Maffei; UPDATE: Buerkle Campaign Says, ‘We Need to Allow the Process to Proceed’

The incumbent Democrat appears to have been defeated, according to the Syracuse Post-Standard:  Republican Ann Marie Buerkle holds a 567-vote lead over U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei in the 25th Congressional District race after Wayne County election officials released their unofficial tally of absentee votes today. Buerkle added 269 votes to her lead after getting 790 […]

‘Shut Up, Moron’

That’s a direct quote, one of the nicer things my children say to each other. Because there are six of them — the oldest 21, the youngest 7 — my kids have to put up with lots of stuff, including frequent verbal abuse from their siblings. Which is a good thing, I think, in the sense […]

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