The Other McCain

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

BREAKING: Weiner to Resign

It is being reported that Anthony Weiner has told Nancy Pelosi he will resign from Congress. UPDATE: New York Times: Representative Anthony D. Weiner has told friends that he plans to resign his seat after coming under growing pressure from his Democratic colleagues to leave the House in the wake of revelations of his lewd […]

CA-36: The Facts of the Case

 The New York Times is on the story: Ms. Hahn, a Los Angeles City Councilwoman and a Democrat, released a statement deeming the ad “degrading to women in the worst way.” . . . The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee sent out a fundraising e-mail, calling for $150,000 in donations to help fight “vile right-wing attacks […]

CA-36: Hahn’s Bad Rap?

The Torrance (Calif.) Daily Breeze has an article that would appear to exonerate Democrat Janice Hahn of accusations that her “gang-intervention specialist” program abetted violent felons. I say it “would appear to exonerate” her, because the article leaves unanswered several questions raised by previous reports about Hahn’s involvement in the program. In an attempt to […]

CA-36: Anti-Hahn Video Draws More Than 75,000 Viewers in First 18 Hours

Janice Hahn, Los Angeles City Council member and Democrat candidate in CA-36 special election An online attack ad highlighting a Democratic congressional candidate’s support for a controversial “gang intervention” program has generated more than 75,000 views at YouTube.com since its release Tuesday afternoon.  “It will probably hit 100,000 [views] by the end of today,” video director Ladd […]

Pointing Out the Obvious: They Don’t Teach Economics at Harvard Law School

Conveniences you’ve enjoyed for decades have suddenly become a cause of long-term unemployment: “There are some structural issues with our economy where a lot of businesses have learned to become much more efficient with a lot fewer workers. You see it when you go to a bank and you use an ATM, you don’t go […]

BREAKING: Democrats Call on GOP Candidate to Denounce PAC Video

A new viral video ad criticizing Democrat Janice Hahn’s support for a “gang intervention” program has drawn a swift response from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Within hours of the debut of the online ad — sponsored by the Turn Right USA political action committee — the DCCC posted an online petition “calling on Republican […]

Democrat Janice Hahn Stars in the New Viral Video Smash Hit of the Summer!

Janice Hahn is the Democrat running for Congress in the July 12 special election in California’s 36th District, to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Jane Harman. As a member of the Los Angeles City Council, Hahn promoted a program to use taxpayer money to hire convicted criminals as “gang intervention specialists.” Predictably, Hahn’s […]

That’s Good to Know

President Obama says he would resign if he ever got caught sending photos of his penis to women he’d never met: “I can tell you that if it was me, I would resign,’’ Obama told [NBC’s Ann] Curry. . . . “When you get to the point where, because of various personal distractions, you can’t […]

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