The Other McCain

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

If We Can Beat Barbara Mikulski . . .

. . . we can beat anybody: Maryland has a fiscal conservative Republican candidate who can win the race in November for U.S. Senate against Democrat incumbent Barbara Mikulski and his name is Jim Rutledge. . . . If Jim Rutledge wins the Republican primary election on Sept. 14, HE is the candidate who can […]

Economic Ignorance Syndrome

Professor William Jacobson takes a closer look at the latest poll numbers. What’s shocking is that, according to the WaPo/ABC poll, 20 percent “strongly approve” of Obama’s handling of the economy. Which means that the editors need to fix headline on the article: Study finds 1 out of 5 Americans exhibit brain-damage symptoms

Database of Gay Teens for Sale?

Who’s going to bid for this? The owner of XY Magazine and its associated website – which catered for young homosexual boys – filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. XY’s creditors have applied for the firm’s one remaining valuable asset: its database of one million users. Talk about your “toxic assets” . . .

Americans Realize It Won’t Work

The failure of Obamanomics becomes obvious: A pair of new polls find that with less than four months until the midterm elections, Americans’ confidence in President Obama’s handling of the economy continues to crater. A new Washington Post/ABC News poll finds that just 43 percent approve of Obama’s handling of the economy, with 54 percent […]

The De-Crackerization of California

Adios, gringos! California’s white population has declined since 2000 at an unprecedented rate, hastening the day when Hispanics will be the state’s largest population group, according to newly released state figures. . . . By 2008, whites made up 40 percent of Californians, down from 47 percent at the turn of the century. . . […]

Charles Bolden Under the Bus?

He “misspoke”: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday that NASA Administrator Charles Bolden must have misspoken when he told Al Jazeera last month that one of his top priorities is to reach out to Muslim countries. “That was not his task and that’s not the task of NASA,” Gibbs said. Bolden either (a) […]

Elena Kagan Vote Delayed So That The Judiciary Committee, In A Break With Recent Tradition, Could Read Up On The Topic Prior To Voting

by Smitty Hotline On Call reports The Senate Judiciary Committee will not vote Tuesday on the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, GOP aides said today. GOP senators will use the ability of any committee member under the panel’s rules to put off a vote for one week, several aides said. […]

Black People Killed by Gadsden Flags at Tea Party Rallies and Al-Qaeda Terrorism

But mainly Al-Qaeda terrorism: Among the at least 64 people killed in the two devastating blasts that tore through outdoor gatherings in Uganda where hundreds of soccer fans were in the midst of watching the World Cup final was 25-year-old American Nate Henn. . . . The selection of targets in the Ugandan capital of […]

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