The Other McCain

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Alabama Tea Party Activist Suspects Corruption in $50 Million Contract

Martha Roby is the GOP establishment’s pick for the nomination in Alabama’s 2nd District congressional race against “Blue Dog” Democrat Rep. Bobby Bright. She fell short of a majority in the June 1 primary and got pushed into July 13 runoff by Tea Party-backed candidate Rick Barber. And it looks like Roby’s friends in Montgomery […]

Dictatorship of the Obamatariat: Federal Court Rejects Gerald Walpin Lawsuit

Via Instapundit, we learn that a judge has rejected the AmeriCorps inspector general’s wrongful termination claim. Byron York explains: [I]f the decision by U.S. District Judge Richard Roberts stands, in the future the White House will be able fire other inspectors general as it fired Walpin without fear of legal consequences. . . . Judge […]

Jack Abramoff’s Ghost!

Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit links this ABC News item:  With the support of Sen. Chris Dodd, D.-Conn., the federal government has awarded $54 million to Connecticut’s politically well-connected Mohegan Indian tribe, which operates one of the highest grossing casinos in the U.S. The tribe runs the sprawling Mohegan Sun casino, halfway between New York […]

IG-Gate Update: Federal Judge Stalling Gerald Walpin’s AmeriCorps Case

Dan Collins at Piece of Work in Progress notes that, more than a year after Gerald Walpin was fired from his job as inspector general overseeing the AmeriCorps program, Walpin’s lawsuit against the Corporation for National and Community Service  is still unresolved. The Washington Times has more: The most public dispute between the administration and Mr. Walpin involved the […]

AIG’s $100 Billion I.O.U.

Good luck collecting on this one: A watchdog panel reviewing the bailout of American International Group Inc. said U.S. taxpayers “remain at risk for severe losses” and that the government didn’t act aggressively enough to protect U.S. taxpayers during the 2008 rescue. In a lengthy report, the bipartisan Congressional Oversight Panel concluded that the U.S. […]

Charlie Crist’s Buddy Florida GOP Chairman Jim Greer Faces Felony Charges

Breaking news: The former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida has been arrested for allegedly running a scam bilking money from the party. The Florida Department of Law enforcement took Jim Greer into custody Wednesday at his Orlando-area home. The 47-year-old has been charged with six counts of organized scheme to defraud, four counts […]

Interior Department Employees Were Getting High and Surfing Porn on the Job

Instead of, y’know, making sure we didn’t have an oil rig disaster: Staff members at an agency that oversees offshore drilling accepted tickets to sports events, lunches and other gifts from oil and gas companies and used government computers to view pornography, according to an Interior Department report alleging a culture of cronyism between regulators […]

Lloyd Blankfein Wallows In Clintonism

by Smitty (h/t RedState, assist Pundette) I might have, but they would be at a general and very high level, not specific. Frankly along the lines–the same way I’m talking to you. It’s like this, Lloyd. You can say what you want. Your definition of ‘is’ might differ substantially from the simple, common sense one […]

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