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

Fun With Pneumonia Update: I’m Still Sick, But These Drugs Are Great!

Well, I was feeling pretty good yesterday, but now I realize that was just the Percocet talking. Woke up this morning feeling awful. The good news? Re-reading the directions on the Percocet, I saw that it says “take one or two every four to six hours.” The “or two” is definitely more fun. So while […]

Rep. Allen West: End Aid to Pakistan

Congress should cut off foreign aid to Pakistan “unless we get a clear explanation” of whether the Pakistani government “was harboring Osama bin Laden,” Rep. Allen West (R-Florida) said in a letter sent Tuesday to the chairwoman of the House subcommittee that oversees foreign aid programs. Click here to see a PDF of Rep. West’s […]

Chubby Chasers!

A researcher who analyzed Internet search data about . . . uh, online erotica reports that guys like women with more to love: [M]en prefer overweight women to underweight women. There are almost three times as many searches for fat women as there are for skinny women, and lest you think that’s some way we treated the search […]

‘Renounce and Abjure’

“I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all […]

White House Can’t Get Its Story Straight on How Osama Bin Laden Was Killed

This is the kind of stuff that gives rise to conspiracy theories: The White House backed away Monday evening from key details in its narrative about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, including claims by senior U.S. officials that the Al Qaeda leader had a weapon and may have fired it during a gun […]

Congressional Investigation Exposes White House ‘Transparency’ Myth

Officials in the Obama administration “go to great lengths to avoid disclosing their meetings with lobbyists,” a Republican congressman said Tuesday, as he opened a House subcommittee hearing to investigate whether the White House is keeping its promises of “transparency.” “The American people were promised a new era of openness and accountability and they haven’t […]

Feminists Offended by TV Commercial; Osama bin Laden? Not So Offensive

This is National Offend a Feminist Week, and last night I checked in to see what was happening at Feministing, where Lori Adelman was profoundly offended by this commercial for Klondike ice cream bars: Now, this is what we call a “joke.” The guy in the commercial is watching the game, and his wife wants to talk to […]

Wow: Charlie Sheen Visits Tuscaloosa

He’s vowing to organize a fundraiser featuring his Hollywood friends to help tornado victims in Alabama: You know what would be cool? If Charlie could get Alyssa Milano to join his Alabama fundraiser. Just sayin’ . . .

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