The Other McCain

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Chile Earthquake Threatens Tsunami

Associated Press: TALCA, Chile – A devastating earthquake struck Chile early Saturday, toppling homes, collapsing bridges and plunging trucks into the fractured earth. A tsunami set off by the magnitude-8.8 quake threatened every nation around the Pacific Ocean — roughly a quarter of the globe. . . . The quake shook buildings in Argentina’s capital […]

Frantic Medical Jujitsu Reinforces Asshattery

by Smitty This week’s FMJRA salutes the healthcare summit. One could call BHO’s efforts Quixotic, except that Don Quixote was sort of a good guy, and doesn’t deserve the abuse. We still have some FMJRA echos from CPAC to cover, so, without further distraction…

Can ObamaCare Save Grandpa John?

by Smitty Update: minor correction. As someone who has written a demented post or five in my blogging career, I can relate, but now GJ is literally floating around the room, as depicted in the last photo of this post. Clearly all of those years on health-insurance provided meds, as legislatively protected by their GOP […]

Troglopundit Made Me Do It

by Smitty Troglopundit got the Automotivator thing going. Fellow delinquent Jimmie Bise chipped in. I’ll go for the Red Hot Chili Peppers (0:47)* and some sign language. *The music is funky, but the words may offend some. Baby/bathwater.

Obamanomics: It’s Still Not Working

Time for another dose of economic reality: Sales of previously owned homes in January stumbled considerably for the second consecutive month. The National Assn. of Realtors in Washington said Friday that sales fell 7.2%. . . . Economists said that last month’s sales drop from December was another sign the market is critically weak and […]

A Tea Party In Brighton, UK

by Smitty There are signs of possible renewal in England. Announcing a Tea Party in Brighton, Daniel Hannan admonishes: Those British Lefties who now sneer at what they regard as the Americanisation of the British Right would do well to remember their own history. They are the political heirs of Charles James Fox, of John […]

Tea Party Weekend: Daytona Bike Week Freedom Rally Is Ready to Rock!

Chelsea Schilling at WorldNetDaily: One year ago this week, tens of thousands of patriots held “tea parties” in 40 cities in protest of government expansion, bailouts and the stimulus package, launching a nationwide movement – and now those citizens are regrouping and heading back to the streets to “recharge the movement” Saturday. Feb. 27 marks […]

Da Tech Guy Interviews Evan Sayet

by Smitty This blog remains a huge fan of Evan. One hopes he puts in another Heritage appearance Real Soon Now. Evan’s last appearance was more or less my first post as a blogger, right at a year ago. Check out Da Tech Guy’s quick interview, who must have the record for most CPAC 2010 […]

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