The Other McCain

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

Salvia, Zeitgeist and the Tucson Shooter

Leaving aside Sheriff Clarence Dupnik and the Left’s “blood libel” hysteria, let’s examine the factors that really motivated mass murderer Jared Lee Loughner. First, here is a four-minute Associated Press video interview with George Osler, father of Loughner’s friend Osler: “There was a lot of talk about lucid dreaming and understanding reality. . . . […]

The Cover-Up in Pima County

The Arizona Republic reports: Sheriff’s Department and community-college officials in Pima County are refusing to release a wide range of public documents about the man charged in Saturday’s shooting rampage that left six dead and more than a dozen wounded. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department and Pima Community College have declined to release documents that […]

‘Vain in Their Imaginations’
God-Haters and the Tucson Massacre

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools . . . — Romans 1:21-22 (KJV) Vox Day quoted from that famous passage in describing the auto-beclownment of University of […]

It’s Almost Enough to Make You Think They Don’t Want to Enforce the Law

Your taxpayer dollars at work: A U.S. Border Patrol agent is in custody for allegedly harboring illegal immigrants, including his father, in his San Ysidro, California, home, Fox5 San Diego reported Tuesday. Marcos Gerardo Manzano Jr., 26, was arrested Monday at the Imperial Beach Border Patrol Station, according to the FBI. Shortly before sunrise Tuesday, […]

When in Doubt, Blame Palin!

#BlamePalin became a sarcastic Twitter hashtag yesterday. Among other things, I blamed her for Auburn’s game-winning field goal against Oregon. Also, my four-day streak without an Instalanche. Liberals have made Palin their all-purpose scapegoat, the demon-figure whose existence relieves them of the burden for coming up with rational explanations of why bad things happen. The evasion of […]

News From the Department of Obvious: Jared Loughner ‘Was Sick in the Head’

Why New York Times reporters get the big bucks: “He was a nihilist and loves causing chaos, and that is probably why he did the shooting, along with the fact he was sick in the head,” said Zane Gutierrez, 21 . . . “Jared felt nothing existed but his subconscious,” Mr. Gutierrez said. “The dream […]

Mission Accomplished, Markos Moulitsas

You can’t un-Tweet it, you see. Before the suspect had been identified, before his motive was known, you blamed Sarah Palin for an atrocious crime of which she was utterly innocent. The facts of your cruel defamation are chronicled precisely by Professor Willliam Jacobson: As far as I can tell, Matthew Yglesias of Think Progress was […]

Advice to Boys: Beware of Chicks You Meet Through Online Gaming

Especially if they’re old enough to be your mom: A California woman flew across the country to have sex with a 13-year-old she met through her Xbox, police said. Rachel Ann Hicks, 36, was arrested Friday for allegedly bedding the Maryland teen, according to police in Orange County, Calif. The woman is being charged with […]

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