The Other McCain

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

LIVE AT FIVE10.13.10

TOP NEWS Mexican Police Commander Investigating Lake Slaying Found Decapitated Head delivered to Mexican military in suitcase Federal Judge Orders End To “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” DOJ will appeal French Unions Extend Protests As Sarkozy Refuses To Bend On Pension Reforms Unions want current retirement age of 60 preserved Murderous Major’s Hearing Unexpectedly Delayed Judge […]

Satisfying Company

by Smitty (via Insty) My reply to the Stanford Daily is halfway down the page. Do a search for ‘Smith’. This was in response to SD’s ludicrous attack on Victor Davis Hanson, documented here. Hopefully SD’s whiplash isn’t too severe from all this.

Bomb-Sniffing Dogs?

Brian Doherty at Reason magazine has a story about an unusual case in New Hampshire where state child-welfare officials seized a couple’s baby because, among other things, the father was associated with the group Oath Keepers. What struck me in this story was one line at the end. Some people organized a protest in support of […]

New York Times: When Democrats Lose, We’ll Always Blame the Stupid Voters

Evidently, they’re expecting a huge Republican tsunami Nov. 2, and so they assigned Matt Bai to prepare the pre-emptive excuse: These voters did not hate politicians. They simply saw both parties, along with the media and big business, as symptoms of the larger societal ailment. And this underlying perception, that politicians in Washington conduct themselves […]

LIVE AT FIVE10.6.10

TOP NEWS Crossroads Groups Lay Out $4 Million In Key Senate Races Timely cash injection counters surge in Democratic party spending Quetta Shura Of Afghan Taliban In Talks With Karzai Government “All these things are making them absolutely sure that…they are not in a winning position.” Torkham Gate Remains Closed To NATO Supply Convoys For […]

Dateline: ARMAGEDDON

An Anxious Nation Awaits the onset of the cosmic conflict upon which rests the hope of all mankind. Never before in 5,000 years of recorded history have the stakes been so high. Never has the world’s attention been so intensely focused on the outcome of such a struggle. Unearthly quiet suddenly silences the breathless masses. Now every voice is hushed as the fateful […]

LIVE AT FIVE 09.29.10

TOP NEWS “Remain calm! Everything’s under control! I’ll still be Speaker!  “Mumbai-style” Terror Attack on NATO Allies Foiled Quick payoff from stepped-up drone attacks? U.S., Allies On High Alert After Capture of German Terrorist One-Third Of Midterm Ballots To Be Cast Before November 2 Federal Agents Stop Trucks On I-20 As Part Of Counter-Terror Op […]

Friday Mastery and Jokers: Recoil, America

by Smitty I’m still in awe of yesterdays revelations and antics in DC. The sputtering and dying of this foul Department of Justice pomises to be a slow, grinding experience. May many more Coates-style revelations follow. Kudos to Jesse Kelly for winning the Ten Buck Fridays poll. Recovering the country from the Progressives entails pouring […]

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