The Other McCain

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

LIVE AT FIVE: 12.04.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Republican $4.6 Trillion Fiscal Cliff Counter-proposal Rejected Proposal based on Simpson-Bowles committee concepts, though Bowles disclaims parentage Obama Warns Assad Against Using Nerve Gas On Rebels “There will be consequences and you will be held accountable.” Duchess Of Cambridge Pregnant, Palace Confirms Wills & Kate expecting first child; Kate […]

Why Does the IRS Hate Redheaded Celebrities With Large Breasts?

Stop the hate! Add an IRS seizure to the problems taxing Lindsay Lohan. Uncle Sam has taken control of all of the “Liz & Dick” star’s bank accounts in an effort to recover $233,904 in unpaid taxes from 2009 and [2010] and an unspecified amount from 2011, TMZ.com first reported. Well, what’s a young celebrity […]

Fiscal Spliff: House GOP Takes A Hit From His Insta-badness

by Smitty No sooner had Glenn Reynolds suggested in his USA Today column: 1. Adopt the Bowles-Simpson Plan. The plan was the product of a bipartisan commission, chaired by Democrat Erskine Bowles and Republican Alan Simpson, appointed by President Obama to address America’s ballooning deficits and national debt. Most experts agree that it’s a pretty […]

The Democrat-Media Complex

Andrew Breitbart’s description came quickly to mind: In conversations with POLITICO, some of the left’s most influential voices in media said that, with the concerns of re-election over, they intend to be more critical of the president’s performance and more aggressive in urging him to pursue a progressive agenda as the clock ticks on his […]

Rule 5 Monday

— compiled by Wombat-socho Yesterday was bad. Saturday was spent finding out just how out of shape I am, and just how many books I’ve accumulated in forty-plus years. Sunday was spent enjoying painkillers and immobility. That having been said, here’s this week’s Rule 5 linkagery. Try not to follow the links where you shouldn’t. […]

MeetYourDeath.com: Psychopathic Killers Now Have Internet Access, You Know

Steven Michael Fabi (left) and Leigh Swanson (right) Dan Riehl brings our attention to the case of 45-year-old Leigh Swanson, who went on a blind date Nov. 16 with a man she met online and whose body was found Wednesday in Michigan: The Midland County sheriff’s department says 30-year-old Steven Michael Fabi was found dead Tuesday in a […]

LIVE AT FIVENINE: 12.03.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Fiscal Cliff Brinksmanship Goes To 11 Speaker Boehner condemns White House plan as “non-serious” PRC, Russia Press Norks To Scuttle Rocket Launch Russians cite UNSC prohibition on missile launches OK, France, Sweden Summon Israeli Ambassadors Over Settlement Expansion UK may withdraw ambassador from Tel Aviv consulate POLITICS Obama Golfs […]

Easy Progressive RINO Test

by Smitty Already we are told to blame the Tea Party movement for not taking back the Senate, even though more “moderate” Republicans lost their races than Tea Party supporters. Two words in response to this tripe from the Establishment, the second of which is ‘You!’. Here in Virginia, we had to watch George Allen, […]

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