The Other McCain

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

Arne Duncan: What?

by Smitty (via BlogProf) The BlogProf has video of the Secretary of Education saying “My Commitment To LGBT Students Is Unequivocal”. Really: Why does you commitment to ANY student, as an educator, require mention? What does sexuality have to do with education? Yet another creepshow aspect of this administration. I shall ensure that my offspring […]

Did Anthony Weiner Send Obscene Messages to Teenage Girls Online?

“Just perfectly innocent. A married 46 year old Congressman private messaging a smitten, hero-worshipping, bad-girl-talking 17 year old girl who ‘loved’ him. What could be more innocent than that?” — Ace of Spades Before proceeding to examine the really troubling question here, let’s begin by reviewing what we already know: Anthony Weiner’s “online relationships” (as […]

Impossible to Parody

Anthony Weiner’s disgrace goes from tragedy to farce, as he finds himself absurdly defended by Alec Baldwin: He exists under a constant pressure cooker of self-analysis and public appraisal. Like other politicians, he needs something to take the edge off. For some people, regardless of occupation, that could mean booze, drugs, gambling, food or shopping. For […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 06.10.11

TOP NEWS Huge Arizona Wildfire Rekindles Forest Management Debate Environmental lawsuits, policies blamed for massive conflagrations Romney Forgoing Iowa Straw Poll May irk Iowa GOP stalwarts before caucuses next year US Seeks Afghan Pledges By NATO Gates trying to prevent a run for the exits POLITICS Alabama Enacts Toughest Immigration Law Predictably, ACLU to file […]

Fred Barnes Puts His Finger On It

And by “it,” I mean, Calista Gingrich: The problem was the wife. Aides to Newt Gingrich have resigned from his presidential campaign in protest of what they felt was a takeover by Callista Gingrich, the candidate’s wife since 2000. . . . Callista Gingrich gradually emerged as Gingrich’s most influential adviser this year, supplanting longtime […]

New Blog Honors Joan Walsh

And by “honors,” I mean: Exposes her as the predictably credulous liberal mouthpiece she really is.

They Told Me If Obama Was Elected …

. . . Glenn Reynolds would spend the next four years making endless variations of the same joke — and they were right!

The Vagina as a Criminal Weapon

“Give me your Subaru or else!“ Two Potsdam [N.Y.] women are accused of threatening to falsely accuse a man of rape if he didn’t give them a car. Village police say that Christine L. Laraby, 45, and Miranda L. Laraby, 17, threatened a man that they would report to police that he had physically abused […]

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