The Other McCain

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

Could Anthony Weiner Offer Jim Moran Some Life Coaching?

by The World’s Youngest Blogger Review dad’s posts below. I’m not even two months old yet, and it’s as obvious as an empty milk bottle that the government has run the country dry with spending too much.

That Puts Stacy And Me At +7, Right?

by Smitty Volokh reproduces a study in institutions and public confidence by the AP-National Constitution Center poll, showing that the extreme/no-confidence value for blogs is –39, but the military is +46. I guess we just sum those figures for this blog, since I’m in the military and Stacy’s the marquee blogger. Yeah, new math: yeah.

Peopleware Goes To Software

by Smitty Megan McArdle makes a point that I think I can clarify a bit: The jobs that are being automated are the stable, well-paying jobs where you could settle in and know exactly what you’d be doing for years. As Arnold says, if you can define it, you can probably outline it specifically enough […]

Can McCotter Survive Where Bush Found Himself Whacked?

by Smitty Via McCotter on Twitter, my other favorite blue state Republican, after the recently beclowned Pawlenty, is introducing legislation to stabilize Social Security: The McCotter plan salvages both the Old Age and the Disability trust funds from that projected insolvency without reducing benefits, raising taxes, or increasing the age of retirement eligibility.

Lynn Woolsey: The Full Loaf!

Watching Democrats lose a district they’ve held for 88 year? Classic! Watching Democrats make complete idiots of themselves? Priceless! Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) stressed that it was important for Democrats to not cave in on pieces of either Obama’s jobs plan or the [Congressional Progressive Caucus’s] job-creation agenda. “Half a loaf is not enough in the […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 09.14.11

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Turner Scores Upset Win In NY-9 Catholic Republican’s election seen as stinging rebuke for Obama’s Israel policy in this predominantly Jewish district Taliban Attack On Kabul Over After 20 Hours Afghan Police root out last holdouts; seven dead including three civilians Amodei Crushes Marshall In NV-2 57-36 margin not […]

‘I Fear No Boy Named Sioux,’ Said Custer

by Smitty Title reference, for those who would mis-interpret. Weiner, the Left punts on 3rd down, systemically. It’s part of failing upward, which is what you do when you hate liberty and just want a nipple from a federal family breast stuffed in your face. It takes a very special person to try to talk tough […]

NY-9: Turner Time?
UPDATE: ‘I See Dead Voters!’
UPDATE: GOP’S TURNER WINS!

UPDATE 12:08 a.m. ET: ASSOCIATED PRESS DECLARES REPUBLICAN BOB TURNER THE WINNER IN NEW YORK’S 9TH DISTRICT! UPDATE 12:13 a.m. ET: While AP has called it for Turner, Democrat Dave Weprin has not yet conceded: Businessman Bob Turner (R) defeated state Assemblyman David Weprin (D) in the special election for the House seat held by […]

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