The Other McCain

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

Geriatric Halftime Show

‘Gaze upon my cosmic crotch in awe, earthlings!’ Let me be clear: I never cared much for Madonna’s épater le bourgeois act when she was still considered the hottest thing in show business, dating Sean Penn and making headlines with her various “what-will-she-do-next” stunts. Judged strictly as a musical act, I thought she peaked with […]

The World’s Youngest Blogger Can’t Figure Out Why This TV Is Such A Bore

Economist Dean Baker Defends Central Banking, If Not The Federal Reserve

by Smitty Thie is Dean Baker on 03 February at Empire Unplugged. From Wikipedia: Dean Baker (b. July 13, 1958) is an American macroeconomist and co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, with Mark Weisbrot. He previously was a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and an assistant professor of economics at […]

Gingrich’s Glass Jaw

“Mitt Romney won Saturday’s Nevada caucuses with his highest portion of a state’s vote yet, just over 50%, according to certified results released Monday by the Nevada Republican Party.” — CNN Remember this headline from Dec. 15? Billionaire Prepared to Spend $20 Million on My Blog Newt Gingrich’s Campaign That was the report that Vegas […]

Ed Morrissey, Phyllis Schlafly, Michelle Malkin, David Limbaugh, Tom Tancredo: Gosh, Everybody’s for Santorum Now!

Show of hands: Who remembers the “Earthquake in Vanuatu” on Dec. 1? Who remembers “Santorum Express Sunday” on Dec. 4? Who remembers when I had to scrape around to find articles from Iowa newspapers to put together Santorum campaign updates, back when a CNN/Time poll showed Santorum in sixth place in Iowa, at 5%? OK, so having endured those […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 02.06.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Eli Manning Rallies Giants To Super Bowl Victory Chucking bulls-eye passes early and late, he leads his team to a 21-17 win over the Patriots Obama Says Israel, U.S. Will Find Diplomatic Solution To Iran Nuke Issue More mush from the wimp Former Panamanian Dictator Noriega Hospitalized With Hypertension, […]

Newt’s Narcissism Problem (and Ours)

“Gingrich should carefully play a tape of his post-Nevada caucus performance, and then he would quickly grasp that it was little more than a litany of excuses, whining, and accusations — characterized by stream-of-conscious confessionals and rambling repetitions. And, I think, will hurt him more than anything yet in the campaign.” — Victor Davis Hanson, […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Patience

— compiled by Wombat-socho Before we begin this week’s parade of pulchritude, The Tiki Blog (formerly the Pegu Blog) offers a pair of useful instructional videos from EyeHandy on making mojitos and cleaning your Glock. While we’re on the subject of education, Laughing Conservative invites you to study anatomy – the anatomy of Candice Swanepoel, […]

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