The Other McCain

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

Daily Kos Founder Markos Compares Arizona to ‘Apartheid South Africa’

Organizers of Netroots Nation, the national left-wing blog conference that began as “Yearly Kos” in 2006, have decided that next year’s conference will be in Phoenix, Arizona. Marko Moulitsas Zuniga is angry: Netroots Nation announced two days ago that Phoenix, Arizona would host its 2015 conference. I wish the conference the best, but it will unfortunately […]

CNN Reporter: Israelis ‘Scum’

Media bias? What media bias? CNN has removed correspondent Diana Magnay from covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after she tweeted that Israelis who were cheering the bombing of Gaza, and who had allegedly threatened her, were “scum.” After being threatened and harassed before and during a liveshot, Diana reacted angrily on Twitter,” a CNN spokeswoman said […]

My Nobel Peace Prize Gaza Plan

Twenty billion dollars — by my calculations, that’s what it would cost to solve the problem of the Gaza Strip. The population of Gaza is estimated at slightly more than 1.8 million people. So if we figure $10,000 for every man, woman and child in Gaza, that’s $18,000,000,000, give or take a few hundred million […]

The War in Gaza

The latest “Mideast Peace Plan” in action: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military Friday to prepare for a “significant expansion” of its ground operation against Gaza militants. Netanyahu said the military’s primary goal would be to destroy underground tunnels used by Hamas to attack the Jewish State. The announcement came hours after Israeli […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 07.18.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS IDF Hits Over 100 Terror Targets During Gaza Incursion Hamas claims credit for death, but friendly fire more likely Israel Seeks To Box Qatar Out Of Cease-Fire Negotiations Gaza Incursion Focusing On Tunnels Gaza Death Toll Reaches 260 Malaysian Airlines Jet’s Flight Recorder Found As Anger At Russia Mounts […]

Demons of Left-Wing Paranoia

The top item at Memeorandum this morning was an MSNBC article attempting to inspire fear that last week’s Hobby Lobby court decision could End Democracy As We Know It, or something. Small children and fools may be frightened by such stuff, but if you’re old enough to have followed politics for two or three decades, you […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 07.17.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Israel, Hamas Agree To Five-Hour Truce “Humanitarian” pause agreed to so Gazans can restock food, water Tunnel terrorist attack thwarted Gaza truce goes into effect just hours after tunnel clash Operation Protective Edge, Day 9 Fed Kicks Off Global Dollar Squeeze As Janet Yellen Turns Hawkish “Blistering dollar rally” […]

Books…And A Smittypalooza?

— by Wombat-socho I didn’t get much reading done last week, what with a lack of money for new books, a lack of time to stop by the library, and a lack of spare time to actually read what I did pick up last week thanks to the truck breaking down for a day – […]

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