The Other McCain

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

Gags Sarah Palin Shouldn’t Even Try

by Smitty (h/t Little Miss Attila) One can’t imagine Sarah doing dry, absurd humor. The Sarah Palin equivalent of the Dead Parrot sketch probably involves her walking into a repair joint and very calmly dealing with a deadbeat service twerp. The twerp asserts that, as a classy lady, she knows little about cars. She’s complaining […]

Dave Weigel, Joe McGinniss, Jesse Griffin and the Palin-Hater Next Door

I consider David Weigel a friend, and have often praised him as one of the best young reporters in Washington. But Weigel’s “See-No-Evil” attitude toward Joe McGinniss, who moved in next door to the Palin family to work on his anti-Palin book, seems absurdly naive. While you can’t fault a journalist for associating with potential sources, a commenter in a previous post […]

Nikki Haley Is Now Nationally Famous for Not — Not — Having Sex With a Blogger

Hell hath no fury like a blogger scorned: State ethics filings available online indicate that Haley’s campaign for State Senate paid Will Folks’s company, Viewpolitik, a bit more than $1,100 in consulting fees for the months of January and February of that year, along with a reimbursement of $173.50. . . . South Carolina Republicans […]

Celebrity News Update: Djou Wins Hawaii; Lindsay Lohan Hits the Bottle; PLUS: Beyonce! Obama! Felipe!

The biggest Hawaiian superstar since Don Ho: Republican Charles Djou emerged victorious tonight in the special election to fill Hawaii’s vacancy in Congress, giving Hawaii its first GOP member of Congress in 20 years. Djou won the special mail-in election with 39.7 percent of the vote in the final printout, released at 9 p.m. The […]

Celebrity News Update: Lindsay Lohan’s Large Breasts Make Bail, Skip Jail

Sorry, guys, that “Lindsay Goes to Prison” cable-TV series is still just part of your sick imagination: Lindsay Lohan got a tongue-lashing Thursday from an L.A. County judge after the actress failed to appear in court for a hearing, instead remaining in France at the Cannes Film Festival. While dozens of reporters and camera crews converged […]

Everybody Should Buy Gold, Even If Glenn Beck Gets Paid to Tell You So

Look, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost more than 300 points today, and the DJIA is down more than 1,130 points since closing at 11,205 on April 26. The Greek debt crisis is pulling down the European economy, more than 700 U.S. banks are now on the FDIC “troubled” list, and concern about a “double-dip” recession is becoming mainstream. Now, let’s look […]

Miss USA Stripper Contest Scandal!

No sooner was Rima Fakih named Miss USA than Americans erupted in outrage. No, I’m not talking about Michelle Malkin and Debbie Schlussel. I’m talking about Miss Fakih’s sponsors in the “Stripper 101” contest: The Web site for WKQI-FM (95.5) has photos of a dark-haired young woman they say is Rima Fakih of Dearborn, who was crowned […]

Despite Re-Tweet by Alyssa Milano, Mickey Kaus Still Senate ‘Long Shot’

Ever since Alyssa re-Tweeted him Oct. 28, Mickey Kaus has been the envy of bloggers everywhere (or at least, bloggers around here). However, that kind of New Media energy — dude, she’s got more than 830,000 followers — has not yet developed into an electoral tsunami: In a year when Tea Party activists and the GOP […]

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