The Other McCain

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

Union-Endorsed Politician Caught in Drunk Driving Scandal: Is This News?

State Sen. Roy Ashburn’s contributions from California labor unions raised eyebrows last year, but now that he’s been busted for DUI all that anyone seems to care about is that Ashburn is a Republican: The veteran Kern County lawmaker was spotted weaving at about 2 a.m. Wednesday and was pulled over, said Sgt. Rick Campbell […]

Oh, Great: Senate Plans to Entrust U.S. Financial System to Federal Reserve?

The kind of economic insanity only Chris Dodd could concoct: Key members of the Senate Banking Committee, after months of negotiations, are expected to unveil their proposal within the next week, people familiar with the negotiations said. While the sources cautioned that no agreement has been reached, the lawmakers, led by the panel’s chairman, Sen. […]

2012 and Other Distractions

It’s bad enough to have Bob Belvedere and friends distracting me with Old School pinup trivia — I’d never even heard of Melba Ogle before — but what’s with Ross Douthat trying to spark a premature rush to the Mitch Daniels 2012 bandwagon? At 5’7”, the Indiana governor wouldn’t be the tallest man to occupy the White […]

European Envoy Seeks Cease-Fire as Peace Talks Fail to End ‘Cleavage Wars’

BRUSSELS — In a desperate bid to end the Cleavage Wars that have devastated the blogging community for the past week, representatives of the European Union dispatched “Matrix Reloaded” star Monica Bellucci as a special peace envoy. “This senseless waste of cleavage cannot be allowed to continue,” said the 45-year-old Italian actress. “In the name […]

Meghan McCain: Chase Peterson Interviews the Great American Mind

From the Pasadena Patriots.

News From Southern Appalachia

When Instapundit featured the headline, “Knoxville girl wins regional spelling bee,” I sort of figured the Knoxville girl in question might be named Reynolds. But in fact the winner was Ameena Iqbal, a fifth-grader at Blue Grass Elementary School in West Knoxville, who edged out Nithya Kanagasegar, an eighth-grader at Homestead Elementary School in Crossville. […]

Chile Earthquake Threatens Tsunami

Associated Press: TALCA, Chile – A devastating earthquake struck Chile early Saturday, toppling homes, collapsing bridges and plunging trucks into the fractured earth. A tsunami set off by the magnitude-8.8 quake threatened every nation around the Pacific Ocean — roughly a quarter of the globe. . . . The quake shook buildings in Argentina’s capital […]

Yet Another Person I Forgot to Hate: So Many People to Oppress, So Little Time

Hot Air Green Room contributor Sarjex announces that she’s a regular at the Lebanese seafood buffet, IKYWIMAITYD: It’s been big fun reading the hilarious comments regarding the “Gay Air” revamp cartoon and was reading them out loud to TLG (The Liberal Girlfriend.) . . . When I hear all the “social justice” queers talking about how […]

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