The Other McCain

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

LIVE AT FIVE – 02.02.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Soccer Riot In Egypt Kills 74, Army Blamed Thousands injured, protests over lack of security quickly turn political Does Defiant Gingrich Help Or Hurt GOP’s Chances? No congratulations for Romney, and no surrender from the former speaker Facebook Sets Historic IPO Potential $10 Billion offering would dwarf Google’s POLITICS […]

Notorious Right-Winger Promotes Hateful Racist Stereotypes

What kind of bigoted hatemonger would dare to promote the stereotype that African-Americans enjoy dressing up in colorful clothing and engaging in outrageous dancing to simplistic songs with pulsating rhythms? That man’s name would be the late, great Don Cornelius: Pamela Geller pays tribute to the entertainment impressario whose weekly TV program was the Fabulous Funkadelic […]

California Broke, Blames Redmond, Threatens #Occupy Road Trip In The Name Of ‘Fairness’

by Smitty The state of California woke up in a gutter after a two-week bender, to discover that there isn’t enough room left on the plastic to make it to the end of the fiscal year. “It’s not fair,” said California. “2011 really sucked, and so I partied a little bit over the MLK weekend. […]

‘Gentleman’ Jim Moran Can’t Differentiate Between Allen West And A Hyena; Thinks That Barack Obama Is The Lion King

by Smitty Must see video that I can’t embed. Hard to tell when on Tuesday this was shot, but the possibility of immediately after a hydraulic lunch comes to mind*: “People like Mr. [Allen] West, and Governor Brewer and so on, particularly Mr. West, is not only not representative of the African-American community or of […]

When A Conversation You’ve Had Comes Out Of A Different Mouth

by Smitty A lot of this sort of talk in the air of late: “Then came 2011,” Rebecca says, and her mood clouds. “It felt like every time I turned around, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell were selling us out, hanging our Tea Party freshmen out to dry, and doing it for no apparent reason.” […]

Memo From the National Affairs Desk: Sic Transit Jacksonville Airport

JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Fla. Dan Balz drifted out of the Champions sports bar adjacent to the Tampa Marriott last night just as I was heading in to order a cheeseburger. “Whaddya think?” I said. “Good night for Romney,” he said. And that was really all that could be said. There was no drama, no suspense, […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 02.01.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Romney Takes Florida Primary Romney 46%, Gingrich 32%, Santorum 13%, Paul 7% Gingrich undaunted; says “people power will beat money power” Santorum looks beyond Florida to next week’s caucuses and primaries Ron Paul sets sights on Nevada caucuses Israel To Deport South Sudanese Refugees protected status expired when new […]

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