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

‘The Demagogic Bloggers on the Right’

Frequent commenter “Joe” calls our attention to Patterico’s dig at Jeff Goldstein (and unnamed others) in which the prosecutor endeavors to play the Instapundit card: Now that Glenn has said the same thing the “pragmatic” conservatives are saying, will the blogospheric demagogues who seek out Mark Levin’s favor put Glenn Reynolds on the list of […]

Kinsey Schofield Winked at Me

That’s the highlight of this week’s hottest new PJTV video. Click the image to watch: You have to watch closely to catch the wink, because she’s so subtle, that little vixen . . .

LIVE AT FIVE – 11.13.10

TOP NEWS PRC Commits To Increase Domestic Growth, FX Reform Meanwhile, Hu discusses economic relations with senior Taiwan politician (insert Abbott & Costello joke here) Pelosi Creates New Leadership Post For Clyburn A “separate but equal” position, you say? Supremes Leave 9th Circuit Stay of DADT Rule In Place Military may continue to enforce regulations […]

Best. Police. Report. EVAH!

The story you are about to read is true. It is not an Onion parody. It is definitely NSFW. It may cause nausea and projectile vomiting. You have been warned.

Nancy Pelosi Tries to Evade Responsibility for Historic Defeat of House Democrats

At last count, losses for House Democrats appeared to total at least 63 seats, pending absentee ballots in some races and possible recounts in others. Among the defeated Democrats were such long-serving incumbents as Rick Boucher (14 terms, VA-9) and Paul Kanjorski (13 terms, PA-11), who had survived even the 1994 “Contract With America” GOP […]

Bring Me the Head of David Brooks

No one — not David Frum, not Conor Friedersdorf, not even Charles Johnson — has been the source of more genuine evil in American politics than David Brooks. His 1997 paean to big government Republicanism, “A Return to National Greatness,” was a blueprint for the abandonment of Reaganite principles. “National Greatness” was sort of a Protocols of […]

‘Imperative’ That You Keep Paying Taxes for Crappy Radio You Don’t Listen To!

Never mind that you’re underwater on your mortgage and worried about losing your job, you must — absolutely must — keep paying taxes for the benefit of National Public Radio employees: “It’s imperative for funding to continue to ensure that this essential tool of democracy survives and thrives well into the future.” The co-chairmen of […]

Irish Eyes Aren’t Smiling

If this doesn’t worry you, it should: European shares were expected to fall for a third straight day on Friday, tracking losses in Asia and on Wall Street, with worries about Ireland’s debt levels and weak commodity prices seen putting pressure on equities. . . . “As for Europe, the deteriorating state of the Irish […]

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