The Other McCain

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

Good Question, Tina

Three of Rick Santorum’s children outside the Ames Straw Poll, Aug. 13, 2011 “Rick Santorum is seemingly so impossibly behind in the polls that it’s difficult to think he’s running for president for his own ego or because he’s particularly power hungry. In fact, what praise Santorum receives is always praise of the same ilk: […]

Aw, C’mon, Governor Perry

by Smitty This is either a result of (a) incomplete analysis, or (b) a cheap populist appeal: “Any congressman or senator that uses their insider knowledge to profit in the stock market ought to be sent to jail—period,” said Mr. Perry, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination. This sounds swell, but is going to […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 11.16.11

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS State Investigating Ex-PSU Coach Sandusky’s Charity Amid Child Sex Abuse Case When crying, stung by bee Ousted Wall Street Protesters Face An Uncertain Future Bloomberg denies First Amendment includes right to camp out As Rivals Slip, Gingrich Finds Traction LOLWUT? POLITICS Mayors Grow Weary Of Filthy #OWS Hippies And […]

‘Sugar Baby’ Seeks ‘Successful Mentor’

Her name is Julia Biryukova and her toddler is missing: The website offers a “secure place for like-minded Sugar Daddies, Mommies and Sugar Babies to meet each other.” JB signed up to be a sugar baby, “which means she’s looking for someone wealthy to take care of her,” Wade said. JB said she is “looking […]

Old And Busted: Nobel Peace Prize.
The New Hotness: Confucian Peace Prize

by Smitty In Vladimir style, he wakes up one morning with a prize so cool that neither Jimmy Carter, nor St. Albert of Gore, nor even the vaunted #OccupyResoluteDesk have one: After two wars in Chechnya, one conflict in South Ossetia and two of the deadliest hostage relief operations in modern history, the former KGB […]

Remembering Newt’s Awfulness

Just now, I called Dan Collins to talk about the grim prospect that threatens to destroy all hope of carrying forward the Tea Party momentum of the 2010 midterms: Mitt vs. Newt as the final showdown for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination. Dan was saying that this has provided him an occasion to remember all […]

Maybe The Cleanup Crew Can Work On Julian Pecquet’s Head After Zuccotti Park

by Smitty What a nauseating bucket of drool at The Hill: Pecquet Smitty Democrats on Capitol Hill are worried that the Supreme Court will rule against President Obama’s healthcare reform law. The SCOTUS will rule in favor of the Constitution and liberty. Liberty, Mike Foxtrot: do you speak it? Over the last couple weeks, congressional […]

Fertility Facts: ‘It’s Not That We’re Stupid. It’s That We’ve Been Misinformed.’

At last, intelligent women are starting to speak out about how they’ve been misled about basic facts of reproductive science: From the outside, Holly Finn certainly looks fertile. With shoulder-length dark hair, smooth skin and a slim but curvaceous figure, the San Francisco-area writer could be any young mom with a baby on her hip. […]

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