The Other McCain

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

Jared Loughner: Beta Male

No doubt about it, if this guy hadn’t become a mass-murderer, he would have been a blog troll: A trove of 131 online-forum postings written between April and June 2010 . . . provides insight into Mr. Loughner’s mind-set in the year leading up to Saturday’s shootings in Tucson . . . The online postings […]

Drew M. Nails It

“If Captain Honors goes down for this, expect some guys with stars on their shoulders to take a hit as well . . . “If Honors is relieved . . . you have to wonder if the top brass of the Navy really get that we are a nation that has been at war for […]

‘I Feel Like I Just Found Out I’ve Been Living on the Moon’

So says a progressive feminist, in agreeing with Ace of Spades’ take on the Julian Assange rape accusations, as described in an Australian newspaper account: She says they had consensual sex but she woke up the next morning to find him having intercourse with her to which she had not consented. When she asked him if he […]

Media Headwinds, Media Tailwinds

Ace of Spades describes a basic truth of American politics: The liberal media sells liberal candidates as brilliant and even-tempered and “sophisticated” and “nuanced” of thought; all of these are non-ideological attributes which appeal to most, whatever one’s politics. And they need to do this, as only about 25% of the country can be persuaded […]

In Which Ace of Spades Notices the Big Tax ‘Compromise’ Is Greased With Pork

“Obama needs this deal as much as the Republicans want it. We do not have to play the shakedown game and pay him off in billions to get him to do what he is already forced to do.” — Ace of Spades, “The Porky Tax Deal” This is kinda like the moment at which a […]

New Democrat Scandal: F***Gate

The House Democrats were talking about the president’s “package” yesterday and . . . The frustration with President Barack Obama over his tax cut compromise was palpable and even profane at Thursday’s House Democratic Caucus meeting. One unidentified lawmaker went so far as to mutter “f— the president” while Rep. Shelley Berkley was defending the package […]

Emergency! Democrats Trying to Shove DREAM Amnesty Through Lame-Duck

Forget the TSA gropers at the airport. Forget Dancing With the Stars. Forget everything and focus on this: During his re-election campaign in Nevada, [Harry] Reid said he would try again to pass the legislation, known as the Dream Act. And in a Twitter message on Wednesday evening, his office said he would try to […]

Dear Ace: ‘A Choice, Not an Echo’

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — OK, after the last post, I promised I was going to go back to sleep, but somebody in the comments said that Ace of Spades was “bitching and moaning . . . that the tea party cost us DE et al.” Because I didn’t see the aforesaid bitching and moaning, I can’t address […]

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