The Other McCain

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

Twitter Trolls and the Abuse of Anonymity

“Bagehot99” signifies his arrogance by his choice of pseudonyms, referencing the 19th-century economist Walter Bagehot — as if. Exactly how my name came to his attention, I’m not sure. He had been carrying on a Twitter flame-war of sorts with Dan, among others, and decided he’s so much smarter than either of us that he […]

Santorum: The ‘Least Worst’ Candidate?

Lisa Graas makes an interesting argument about the way voters are manipulated with news about polling. Read the headline and first two paragraph of a NewsMax article Monday: Rasmussen Poll: Gingrich, Romney Strongest to Beat Obama Voters are evenly divided over whether Newt Gingrich or Mitt Romney would provide President Barack Obama with the strongest […]

Why Does Obama Hate Jews?

Well, Republican Jews, anyway:

LIVE AT FIVE – 12.13.11

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Supremes To Make The Call On Arizona’s Immigration Law Court to tackle third contentious issue this term; could affect 2012 elections U.S., Iraq Find Gaps In Relationship Many aspects of future diplomatic & military cooperation still unclear PRC Military Base In Indian Ocean? PLA Navy acknowledges invite from Seychelles […]

Two Weeks From Today …

. . . on Dec. 26, the day after Christmas, I’m flying to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to begin my coverage of the campaign leading up to the Jan. 3 caucuses. I’ve already booked my flight ($275) to Cedar Rapids as well as my Jan. 5 flight from Des Moines to Boston ($205) to cover the New […]

SANTORUM EXPRESS UPDATE: Pulls Even With Bachmann in New Iowa Poll, Gains Endorsement by Influential Pastor

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum moved into a tie for fifth place with Michele Bachmann in the latest survey of Iowa voters, the first poll to indicate an increase in the former Pennsylvania senator’s support with three weeks to go before the Jan. 3 caucuses. The poll by American Research Group, conducted Dec. 8-11, showed […]

Conflation

by Smitty Daily Pundit keys in on a sentence from Stacy’s post: He loves to talk about infrastructure — “investments in road and bridges” — as if that was the majority of the what he’s spending money on, when in fact, infrastructure projects were less than 5% of the stimulus bill. It’s like me sprinkling […]

Today’s News of the Weird

From Alabama, with love: A conservative Christian politician has a secret life as a sperm donor for lesbian couples – even though he has campaigned against gay marriage. American politician Bill Johnson has spent most of this year in Christchurch [New Zealand] helping run the earthquake recovery, all the while using the online persona “chchbill” […]

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