The Other McCain

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

Is Obama Living in an Alternative Reality?

  “I’m not making this up, you know,” remarks my podcast partner John Hoge, in reaction to this mind-boggling bit of news: Former President Barack Obama on Friday stated the “rule of law is at risk” in response to the Department of Justice dropping its criminal charges against retired Army Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, according to […]

Rumor: North Korean Dictator Dead?

  Important, if true: North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un may be dead or near death, according to several reports that circulated Saturday. Former Fox News reporter Adam Housley cited a Hong Kong media outlet that reported the North Korean leader had passed. Japanese sources reported that the Supreme Leader had undergone a cardiac procedure […]

The Apocalypse Will Be Blogged

  Let’s see: Deadly pandemic escapes from a Chinese bioweaponry research lab, swarms of locusts cover Africa and, meanwhile, a volcano erupts: The Indonesian volcano Anak Krakatau erupted Friday, spewing a large plume of ash 9 miles into the air. At approximately 11 p.m. local time, the volcano’s loud eruption was reportedly heard by people […]

The Video You MUST Watch: Origins of the Chinese Communist Virus

Joshua Philipp of the Epoch Times has spent weeks reporting on the pandemic of COVID-19, and this video — nearly an hour long — is full of facts about the case I hadn’t known until I watched it. The official explanation, that the disease originated in a “wet market,” looks very dubious when you consider […]

Jan. 30: ‘We Still Believe the Immediate Risk to the American Public Is Low’

CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield. The first five known cases of COVID-19 in the United States were all patients who had recently traveled to Wuhan, China. Case No. 1 was in Snohomish County, Washington. Case No. 2 was in Chicago. Cases No. 3 and 4 were in Orange County, California, and Case No. 5 was […]

Commies, Democrats and the Media

  But I repeat myself: An Illinois Democrat who accused President Donald Trump of killing Americans by lying to the public about the coronavirus also spread pro-China misinformation about the deadly disease during a townhall with constituents. As COVID-19 spreads across the nation, Rep. Sean Casten (D., Ill.) has repeatedly attempted to blame Trump and […]

Italy Takes a Turn for the Worse

After five days of apparent improvement, Italy’s coronavirus outbreak worsened Friday, when the country reported more than 900 deaths: The number of people who have died of novel coronavirus in Italy has risen by 969 in the past day, the biggest daily jump since the crisis began. The total number of deaths now stands at […]

‘Chinese Bat Soup Flu’ Update

  Hat-tip to Kurt Schlicter for giving this pandemic a memorable name. It’s going to get worse — perhaps a whole lot worse — before it gets better, but in the meantime, we can figure out what went wrong, and caution about what’s still going wrong. The first and most important thing President Trump needs […]

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