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The Dissonant Feeling That You Might Not Speak Your Mother Tongue

by Smitty (via Colmes) DOOCY: The country is so gridlocked around this. What can business do that Washington, DC has not been effective in doing so far? MURDOCH: Well you just gotta keep the pressure on the congressmen. You gotta do it on the press and on the television. It’s a political thing. They gotta […]

Jews Attacked in Germany

The Religion of Peace: Arab youths threw stones at a Jewish dance group during a street festival in Hannover, injuring one dancer and forcing the group to cancel its performance, German police and dance officials said Thursday. The teenagers also used a megaphone to shout anti-Semitic slurs during the attack Saturday, Hannover police spokesman Thorsten […]

Dave Weigel Violates Rule One

UPDATE 6/25: WEIGEL RESIGNS. PREVIOUSLY: Rule One of Modern Journalism is, Don’t piss off Matt Drudge: “This would be a vastly better world to live in if Matt Drudge decided to handle his emotional problems more responsibly, and set himself on fire.” — David Weigel, e-mail to “Journolist” Sigh. He also trashed Byron York and […]

Is Charles Krauthammer Cynical Enough?

by Smitty Krauthammer’s take on the oil spill cleanup effort seems insufficiently curious to me: The fact that Salazar is sticking with this and that they’re going to appeal and they’re going to hang in there on this I think is a measure of how much this administration is in hock to its ecological left. […]

June: Best. Month. Evah!

Yes, it’s official: At about 5 p.m. today, we recorded hit #146,806 for June, making this the highest-traffic month since The Other McCain switched to WordPress format in January. The traffic has been great this month. The revenue? Not so much. Which means it’s time to remind our readers about the Coolest Swag Evah! Here’s the design […]

VIDEO: The Miracle on Grass

American Imperialists 1, Third World 0 Why is Fox Sports hiring neurasthenic wienies like Jason Whitlock? The World Cup narrows our view and, more than any other sporting event, baits us to give in to nationalism, jingoism and racism. It’s not the Olympics. Not everyone is invited. And no one pretends the month of World […]

Sharron Angle 48%, Harry Reid 41%

Nevada is not wild about Harry, according to Rasmussen, and Professor William Jacobson observes: What is amazing is that for the past two weeks Harry Reid has been pouring on the attacks against Angle, both through his own advertising, astroturfing, and through friends in the mainstream media and left-wing blogosphere. Reid’s union-goon buddies are even […]

VIDEO: Al Gore Sex Scandal

KGW-TV in Portland, Oregon: The masseuse told investigators about an evening massage session during which Gore allegedly became enraged at times and tried to gain sexual favors from the woman. “I was shocked and I did not massage beyond what is considered a safe, nonsexual area of the abdomen,” she said. “He further insisted and […]

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