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

Another Friday, Another Bank Shutdown

The FDIC has gotten into the habit of announcing bank closures on Fridays: Regulators on Friday shut down a Nevada bank, raising to 83 the number of U.S. bank failures this year. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took over Nevada Security Bank, based in Reno, with $480.3 million in assets and $479.8 million in deposits. […]

Alabama Radio Hosts Rick and Bubba Offend Soccer Fans Homosexuals

Rick Burgess: “I would dare to say that we would never declare Fornication Pride Month”: Pam Spaulding is having a conniption. Just in case anyone wants to do a guilt-by-association smear, I’ll point out that Rick and Bubba are alumni of my alma mater, Jacksonville (Ala.) State University, as is James Joyner of Outside the Beltway. […]

VIDEO: Dancing Brazilian Baby

Just in case you haven’t seen this yet: Not to be judgmental, but by the time your kid learns to do the samba, don’t you think he’s probably ready for potty-training?

Will Folks: Nikki Haley for Governor! (Because, Hey, I Tapped That Stuff)

Writing about “our founding editor” in third-person again. Will Folks is not scum. He’s the virus that infects the slime that covers the parasites that inhabit the entrails of scavengers that feed on scum. (Via Memeorandum.) UPDATE: Sacred Honor Watch at AOSHQ.

U.S. Robbed of Winning Goal in World Cup Soccer Game vs. Slovenia

Everybody knows soccer is for fags. Still, this doesn’t give anti-American referees the right to screw us over: The United States staged the greatest rally in its World Cup history Thursday, overcoming a two-goal halftime deficit to record a 2-2 draw with Slovenia at Ellis Park. Michael Bradley’s goal in the 82nd minute tied the […]

Obama to Europe: ‘Double-Dip,’ Anyone?

The headline is “Obama Urges Europe Not to Drop Stimulus Measures Yet,” but to understand what the president is actually trying to say, you have to read this New York Times story very carefully: President Obama signaled on Friday that countries in Europe should not withdraw their extraordinary spending programs too quickly. In a public […]

The Triumph of Alvin Greene

Good news for America’s favorite Democrat: Democratic Party officials in South Carolina voted Thursday to uphold the result of their controversial Senate primary even though the winner was Alvin Greene, an unemployed political novice who stands almost no chance of defeating Republican Sen. Jim DeMint in November. Meeting in Columbia, members of the state Democratic […]

Newsweek Intern Attempts to Describe Hayek’s Road to Serfdom: Massive FAIL

Thanks to Kathy Shaidle for calling attention to this sophomoric effort by Princeton senior Isia Jasiewicz: On June 8, Beck devoted an entire episode of his talk show on Fox News to The Road to Serfdom, a work of political theory written in the immediate aftermath of World War II by Friedrich von Hayek, an Austrian émigré […]

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