The Other McCain

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

Rule 5 Thursday

— compiled by Wombat-socho I went to Anime Detour this past weekend and all I got* was a nasty flu virus. That’s why this is the latest of all late Rule 5 roundups. So instead of combining two weeks’ worth of links into one indigestible lump, here’s a mid-week mess of Stuff. Some of it […]

They Know Which Side They’re On

Pornographers and abortionists: A porn studio in California has selected a pro-abortion research group formerly affiliated with the Planned Parenthood abortion business as a recipient of its donation. Girlfriends Films operates a monthly charity program that has made donations to legitimate community groups but also to the Planned Parenthood abortion business. Now, the pro-abortion Guttmacher […]

The Last Nail in Newt’s Coffin
UPDATE: Conservative Leaders Huddle With Santorum, Seek Deal With Newt

Creditors will get pennies on the dollar: Newt Gingrich’s health-care think tank has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The Center for Health Transformation, which has offices in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and St. Louis, plans to liquidate its assets, according to a filing Wednesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Atlanta. . . . The center listed […]

Framing the Narrative: Using Evangelicals as Hook for MSM ‘Mormon Mitt’ Meme

“You watch, they’re going to throw the Mormon church at him like you can’t believe.” — Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, April 3 Just a quick follow-up on last night’s post about the the predictable emergence of an anti-Mormon message in the MSM, which they held back until they thought Mitt Romney was really “inevitable”: A lot of […]

Check Your Water Wings

by Smitty The National Debt Road Trip is about to get underway, in the nautical sense: Update: linked at

Ain’t I Done Told Ya So? (Part II)

“If Romney gets the nomination and we reach late September with Romney leading the polls, what do you think the Democrat-Media Complex will do? Whatever It Takes to Win, sweetheart. “Can’t you see the five-part New York Times series on the history of Mormonism? Can’t you see Brian Williams on NBC Nightly News and David […]

NEWS: Michelle Malkin Joins Board of Directors for National Bloggers Club

A major score for the new organization: A reliable source has revealed to Red Alert Politics that Michelle Malkin has agreed to join the board of directors for a new association for right-of-center bloggers, the National Bloggers Club. . . . In addition to building a high profile board of directors, the National Bloggers Club has […]

You’d Think A Supreme Court Justice Would Know This

by Smitty Somebody pointed me to the New England Journal of Medicine, with an interesting Elena Kagan quote from last week’s oral argument, emphasis mine: Roberts also noted a mismatch between covered benefits and each person’s potential need. Speaking to the government’s lawyer, he said, “[T]he policies that you’re requiring people to purchase involve . […]

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