The Other McCain

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

Cokie Roberts Must Be Telepathic

by Smitty (via Right Wing Video) After there is a liberation of talk shows, there needs to be a rule: sweeping, idiotic generalizations must be met with a pie in the face. Sure, these intellectual shortcuts are easy to throw out there, we can all flail ourselves. But let’s work to cut it out. I’m […]

NATO Hits Qaddafi Compound

NATO bombers hit Qaddafi’s headquarters compound near Tripoli. Here’s an al-Jazeera video report: Meanwhile, on the fighting front at Ajdabiya, the big news today is that the rebels are listening to anti-Qaddafi rap music.  Which is a poor substitute for actual news, but I guess the Associated Press is more interested in happy-face feature stories […]

Amy Alkon Says She Does Not Have a Penis and Does Not Hate Black People

I’m willing to take her word for it on both counts, but why was she accused by “progressives” of being a racist transsexual? She explains in this interview with Dr. Helen Smith and Dr. Barbara Oakley (click the image to watch): Both Alkon and Oakley have new books out: (Hat-tip: Instapundit.)

Dept. of Unfortunate Headlines

Former Md. Governor to lie in state today — WMAR-TV Yeah, but the former governor doesn’t lie nearly as much as the current governor lies in this state!

Zeitgeist Cult Implodes

Zeitgeist, the conspiracy-theory movie that influenced Tucson mass-murder suspect Jared Loughner, also inspired its own cult movement. Zeitgeist director Peter Joseph Merola became an advocate of The Venus Project, a utopian scheme for a “resource-based economy” proposed by Jacque Fresco, a Florida-based futurist. The Zeitgeist Movement (TZM) described itself as the “activist arm of The […]

‘Main Street Fairness Act’: Dick Durbin’s $23 Billion Internet Sales Tax Scheme

Patrick Ishmael at Hot Air explains how Illinois imposed a job-killing Internet sales tax on businesses in that state. Now, Illinois Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin is proposing to turn this bad idea into national policy as the “Main Street Fairness Act.” Kelly William Cobb at Americans for Tax Reform says that Durbin’s job-killer is “not just […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 04.25.11

TOP NEWS Calcutta Mourns Death Of Spiritual Leader Sathya Sai Baba Revered by millions, he was India’s most famous and controversial holy man; top political leaders, Bollywood personalities, sportsmen and lakhs of devotees rush to pay homage NATO Strikes Hit Qaddafi Compound (Video) “Most significant damage yet” Doctors Clear Gifford To Attend Husband’s Shuttle Launch […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Bawitdaba

Half-pints of love, and the fifths of stress… This week we start by combining (political) business with pleasure. Rio Norte Line draws our attention to the fact that Turkish actress Sila Sahin will be appearing in the German edition of Playboy – as a deliberate protest against the restrictive edicts of Islam. (Some pix NSFW.) […]

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