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South Carolina ‘Cash Money’ Loyalty

OK, we all remember Will Folks, right? The guy who claimed he had an affair with Nikki Haley? The guy is a lowdown polecat, which is another way of saying he’s a South Carolina GOP consultant — or, at least, he used to be one, although his anti-Haley smear may have made him too radioactive even […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 03.26.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Obama Pushes Immigration Law Expects debate next month on “comprehensive, sensible” reform Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Michigan Affirmative Action Case Michigan’s constitutional amendment banning affirmative action in college admissions previously struck down by 6th Circuit Central African Republic’s President Flees To Cameroon Capital overrun by rebels; thirteen South […]

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DHS To Buy 360,000 More Rounds of Hollow Point Ammunition   NYC Mayor Bloomberg: Government has right to ‘infringe on your freedom’ They told me if I voted for Mitt Romney, etc.  

Syria: It’s Complicated. Also, It Sucks.

The Lightworker’s Mideast visit was surely an ill omen, and now it appears that the opposition to Syria’s Iranian-backed dictator Bashar al-Assad is in disarray — which may not necessarily be bad news, given the now-obvious post-“Arab Spring” complications: Syria’s opposition coalition was on the verge of collapse Sunday after its president resigned and rebel […]

#TrustCurtis @Bostic4Congress Campaign Has Eight Days to Stop Sanford in S.C.

The South Carolina runoff is a week from Tuesday and time is of the essence: If South Carolina Republicans nominate disgraced former Gov. Mark Sanford in the First District special election, it would be “an off-year election gift” to “the late-night comedians and political press,” Scott Conroy of Real Clear Politics wrote Friday. And given […]

Monday Open Thread: The Tax Man Cometh

— by Wombat-socho Stacy and Smitty both have new jobs that are sucking up most of the time they used to spend on blogging. Unfortunately. Me, I work a weird schedule in the tax mines, so it leaves me free to contribute linkagery and occasional posts like this. Question for today: if you could eliminate […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 03.25.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS “No Evidence Of Third-Party Involvement” In Berezovski Death Suicide, or Kremlin assassination? Abortionist Gosnell Accused Of Medicating Women Based On Their Ability To Pay Also facing charges of killing babies born alive with scissors Few Winners In Cyprus Deal Nation will stay in eurozone, receive 10 billion-euro bailout – […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Time After Time

— compiled by Wombat-socho Welcome once again to the weekly obeisance to Rule 5 here at The Other McCain! For those of you new to the site, discretion is advised in following the links below; while many of them are discreet and tasteful, others are most definitely NSFW. Fishersville Mike leads off this week with […]

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