The Other McCain

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

Thank God: The 111th Congress Is Over

Worst. Congress. EVAH! The House on Wednesday evening passed a motion to adjourn the 111th Congress “Sine Die”, bringing to a close Democrats four-year reign in the lower chamber. . . . Democrats touted the busy lame duck as a fitting end to what they are touting as one of the most productive Congresses in […]

Bad News, America: Teen Births Plummet

Teen birth rate hits record low As the nation continued to struggle in the recession in 2009, the rate at which U.S. women are having babies continued to fall, pushing the teen birth rate to a record low, federal officials reported Tuesday. . . . The overall drop pushed the fertility rate to about 2.01, […]

The Year ‘Global Warming’ Died

 Even the New York Times is forced to admit that the alarmists are fighting a losing battle: The Obama administration, which came into office pledging to limit emissions in the United States, scaled back its ambitions after climate and energy legislation died in the Senate this year. Challengers have mounted a vigorous assault on the […]

And This Was Not Even Voted the Worst Keith Olbermann Rant of 2010

This was only good enough for second runner-up in the Media Research Center’s “Dumb and Dumber Award” category of its 23rd annual Notable Quotables competition: “[The Tea Party-backed Republicans are] a group of unqualified, unstable individuals who will do what they are told, in exchange for money and power, and march this nation as far […]

Christmas Cheesecake

“In an effort to boost my traffic, I am writing about breasts today. Small breasts. But breasts nonetheless.” — NeoNeoCon, “On Small Breasts” Donald Douglas is once again bemoaning the blogger’s plight during Holiday Traffic Suckage Season, when it seems that nothing can get the SiteMeter excited. Lady Gaga getting groped? Man, that’s a genuinely desperate […]

START II: Another GOP Cave-In?

The Lonely Conservative: Yesterday the Senate moved one step closer to approving the New START treaty President Obama has been pushing for. It is expected that full approval will pass the Senate today and the deal with the Russians will be ratified shortly. . . . Why don’t I feel any safer? . . . […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 12.22.10

TOP NEWS Illegal Immigrants Factor Into 2010 Census, Congressional Apportionment Steven Camarota: “Literally we’ll have districts like we have right now where half the adult population can’t vote.” Senate Votes 67-28 To Hold Vote On START Treaty 11 Republicans break ranks FCC Votes On Party Lines To Impose “Net Neutrality” Rules GOP minority predicts rules […]

Why Ed Schultz Became a Liberal

Big hat-tip to the AOSHQ Headlines on this one. You sometimes hear conservative guys joke that liberal guys are liberal just because they want to score with liberal chicks. MSNBC’s firebrand “populist” is the punchline to that joke: He savors his skewering of the right, but there was a time when he was one of […]

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