The Other McCain

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

Politics as Show Biz

“Hours before last week’s presidential debate in Orlando, [Fox News] anchors sat in a cavernous back room, hunched over laptops, and plotted how to trap the candidates. Chris Wallace said he would aim squarely at Rick Perry’s weakness: ‘How do you feel about being criticized by some of your rivals as being too soft on […]

Herman Cain on Obama: ‘I’m Listening to All This Bulls–t That He’s Talking About’

The winner of the Florida straw poll gets “worked up” in an interview with my young friend Chris Moody: After a few caffeine-heavy refills at our corner table, I asked him about President Obama’s new effort to raise taxes on the wealthy, and Cain just about blew a blood vessel–especially when I mentioned the part […]

Shock And XAU

by Smitty (via Galt’s Girl) It isn’t clear whether this will be more than a promotional stunt: However, the Swiss Stock Exchange has not been deterred from new involvement with the yellow metal. Together with Scoach Switzerland, the stock exchange for structured products, the management has the plan to introduce the listing and trading of […]

The Saucy IowaHawk

by Smitty Past the humor, though, is the caution against loss of financial sovereignty. Or, perhaps, some encouragement for us to regain our own. And, it looks as though the European Can Kicking Club is fastly, furiously doing what they do.

Underscoring The Wisdom Of The Founding Fathers

by Smitty As we approach the endgame on this administration, the clear winners: the Founding Fathers, who recognized the frailties of human nature and poured so much wisdom into the Constitution. The two-year turnover of the House of Representatives has done a marvelous job of checking the power of a President whose international credentials clearly […]

‘Any Real Chance’

“Pawlenty . . . is widely viewed as the only candidate in Thursday night’s Fox News debate with any real chance of becoming the nominee of his party or President of the United States.” — Ben Smith, Politico, May 6 Seems like forever ago, doesn’t it? T-Paw was “the only candidate . . . with […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 09.26.11

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Hikers: “We Were Hostages” American hikers say they were held for purely political reasons Following Palestinian Bid At UN, More Talk About Talks Quartet powers nix statehood for Palestine Saudi King Gives Women Right To Vote Drivers’ licenses still not on POLITICS Mitt Romney Dominates Michigan Straw Poll Poll […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Sandman

— compiled by Wombat-socho As has become my habit in recent weeks, I name and shame those among us who can’t read a calendar, were distracted by some damn fool thing like college football, or were a bit too slow cleaning the drool out of their keyboards. Anyway, without further abuseado, Mr. McEnroe comes out […]

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