The Other McCain

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

New Alabama Ad: Who Is Dale Peterson Endorsing in the July 13 Runoff?

UPDATE: On his own campaign Web site, Peterson makes his endorsement of John McMillan. UPDATE II: Having been the first to post this video (6:04 a.m. ET), it’s kind of annoying to see Ben Smith getting the linkage for a post he did five hours later. I’m trying to avoid Charles Johnson Syndrome here. There’s […]

Heartache: ‘Female Viagra’ Fails

No little blue pills for you, ladies:  The drug didn’t boost women’s desire any more than a placebo in two clinical trials. . .  [t]he FDA staff who reviewed the results said the so-called response rate isn’t “particularly compelling.” In a statement posted on the FDA website, manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim maintains that flibanserin really works, […]

FL-24: Cronyism Has Consequences

Last week, Dan Riehl uncovered a worrisome situation in a Florida GOP primary. With multiple candidates seeking the Republican nomination to take on powerful Democratic incumbent Rep. Suzanne Kosmas in the 24th District, the National Republican Congressional Committee put its thumb on the scales. Dan alleged what would be an obvious conflict of interest: I’ve also been […]

Reminds Me of an Old Joke

What do you call a thousand lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? A good start! When I endorsed the idea of using lawyers to plug the the BP oil well, this wasn’t exactly what I had in mind: The Washington Post reports that President Obama has named a lawyer to supervise oil drilling. “President Obama […]

VIDEO: Mike Barnicle Criticizes Obama, Gets ‘Castrated’ by Mika Brzezinski

Newsbusters caught this exchange on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”: Barnicle was parrotting the decidedly negative reaction from MSNBC-oids to Obama’s Big Spill speech, and Mika fired back: BARNICLE: I’m wondering why he didn’t address more specifically the plight of ordinary Americans in the Gulf . . . What are we going to do about energy in […]

ABC Pulls Ads From Perez Hilton Following Miley Cyrus Upskirt Photo

Gay gossip blogger Perez Hilton has never hidden his misogynistic hatred of Miley Cyrus. When she was only 15, he called her  “Disney Whore” and “Disney Slut.” But when he posted an upskirt photo of the 17-year-old former Hannah Montana star — apparently without panties — the Disney empire finally took notice: Pop Tarts has learned that ABC, which […]

Tomorrow’s Headlines Today

Some things are predictable. Remember this headline? Report: Bottom Falls Out of Housing After First-Time Buyer Tax Credit Expires That was two weeks ago. Today? Housing starts drop to five-month low in May . . . Groundbreaking for single-family homes tumbled 17.2 percent to an annual rate of 468,000 units in May after a 5.6 […]

Get Some! Get Some!

by Smitty (h/t House of Eratosthenes) A fine campaign ad: Begs a Full Metal Jacket paraphrase: Private Joker: How can you eliminate Progressives? Door Gunner: Easy! Ya just don’t lead ’em so much! Ain’t Keynesian economics hell?

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