The Other McCain

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Libya: Qaddafi’s Forces Reportedly Withdrawing from Misrata

Note that this news is not yet confirmed: Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s forces began to withdraw from the besieged western city of Misurata on Saturday, a rebel spokesman said, the first stage of a plan announced by the government to turn the fighting there over to tribal supporters. As rebel leaders in the east claimed victory, […]

One Can Admire Norquist’s Sadism, But We’re Still Beating Around The Bush

by Smitty To raise the debt ceiling, or not? National Review has a bunch of opinions from the wise guys. I can imagine Sprinklerman listening to Norquist: My preference would be to keep the administration on a short leash and extend the debt limit by only a small amount and for a short period of […]

‘His Typical Silly-Bitch Passive-Aggressive Gay-Gossip Insinuation Act’

Andrew Sullivan gets a memorable beatdown from Ace of Spades, after Sully returned to old habits in reaction to Justin Elliott’s debunking of Trig-Trutherism at Salon. A couple days ago, I was interviewed by a reporter who is working on a story about Trig-Trutherism and other anti-Palin memes that have circulated over the past two-and-half years.

Dear Rolling Stone

by Smitty So, the Pentagon’s investigation seems to have cleared Gen. McChrystal. Now I get this email saying you want me to subscribe to your sad little excuse for a fishwrapper. BWAHAHAHAHAHA! No, no, no, a thousand times no, and again: may your demise come swiftly, you sorry Commie rag!

‘Ladies and Gentlemen, I’ll Be Brief …’

  “The issue here is not whether we broke a few rules, or took a few liberties with our female party guests — we did. But you can’t hold a whole fraternity responsible for the behavior of a few sick, perverted individuals. For if you do, then shouldn’t we blame the whole fraternity system? And […]

Steven Crowder and Susannah Fleetwood on Making Fun of Retarded People

And by “retarded people,” of course, we mean . . . Wonkette: That’s the best work by Crowder I’ve seen yet, and Susannah Fleetwood has an excellent post: “3 Reasons Why Wonkette Self-destructed by Publishing a Hit Piece on Trig Palin.” Let’s face it, folks: When it comes to exposing liberal media bias, Trig Palin […]

Hateful Atrocity as Transvestite Beaten by Christian Fundamentalists. Oh, Wait …

By now you’ve probably seen the viral video in which a woman (or, according to the guy who shot the video, a transvestite) was beaten senseless by two teenage girls in a McDonald’s restaurant: It appears that the victim used the women’s restroom, and these two teenagers decided to appoint themselves the Anti-Drag-Queen Vigilante Committee […]

Krauthammer Disses Herman Cain?

Charles Krauthammer wrote an entire column on the 2012 Republican presidential field, discussing everyone from Donald Trump to Mitch Daniels and . . . not even a mention of Herman Cain! Fear not: Andrew Breitbart is on the Cain Train!

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