The Other McCain

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

The Fail Starts With The First Word Of The Title

by Smitty “‘Zero‘ Dark Thirty“? Really? Those who are in the know say: “Oooh Dark Thirty”. The Obama Administration is giving us the Full Riefenstahl in time for the election. What’s bad for them about this is that the administration’s success is predicated upon a willing audience. Instead, the shills assembling this flick will find themselves […]

“Yes We Can” Didn’t Happen

by Smitty But let’s be generous with #OccupyResoluteDesk: He did do that to our economy. via Brietbart Update: linked at American Glob. Go, Aliester! Update II: linked at Jackie Wellfonder.

Go for the Gold, Melissa Seidemann!

Having previously made clear my enthusiasm for water polo — the Official Olympic Sport for Guys Who Like Full-Grown Women — I am pleased to report that the U.S. team won its quarterfinal match yesterday, defeating Italy 9-6, thanks to Our Favorite Player: Melissa Seidemann scored on all three of her shots and captain Brenda Villa added […]

Obligatory Post-Massacre Finger-Pointing Scapegoating Blame Game Open Thread

“Both CNN and Fox News cut away when the U.S. Attorney took the stage and launched a lengthy speech which sounded like an Obama campaign speech. . . . Politics never is far behind a mass shooting, unfortunately.” — William Jacobson, Legal Insurrection Mainly, I’ve tried to keep my focus on aggregating facts about the […]

PRESS CONFERENCE: ‘Heroic Actions’ of Police Saved Lives in Oak Creek Shooting UPDATE: Shooter Reportedly Played in Hate-Metal Rock Band ‘End Apathy’

Oak Creek, Wisconsin, Mayor Stephen Scaffidi praised “the heroic actions of our officers” during a press conference about the Sunday shooting at the Sikh Temple in the Milwaukee suburb. The officer critically wounded in the incident — shot nine times, as the city police chief said — has been identified as Lt. Brian Murphy, 51. […]

Panic Time in Hopeville: GOP/Romney Report Record July Fundraising

OK, the important thing here is $185.9 million cash on hand for the Republican team, because we know that (a) DNC fundraising is in the toilet, and (b) the Obama campaign’s “burn rate” in June was already unsustainable. Ed Morrissey at Hot Air: Team Obama was already more than $20 million down on cash-on-hand after […]

‘Who’ Is First of 5 W’s; ‘Why’ Is Last UPDATE: Wade Michael Page … MORE: Reported Discharged From Army in 1998

This ABC News story annoys me: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms Special Agent Thomas Ahern said the suspect had tattoos and that authorities were investigating whether he was a “skin head or “white supremacist” as two ABC Sources said. “It is being investigated. And what his tattoos signified is being investigated. They are all pieces […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.06.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS FBI: Motive In Oak Creek Sikh Gurdwara Shooting Unclear Seven dead, including the shooter; possible white supremacy angle? PRC Calls In Senior US Diplomat Over South China Sea Remarks Chicoms unhappy about recent State Dept. comments Jamaica Gets Rain As Tropical Storm Ernesto Passes By No casualties and little […]

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