The Other McCain

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

#WeinerGate: It Gets WORSE
UPDATE: Press Conference 4 p.m. ET UPDATE: ABC News Interviews Woman

LIVE-BLOGGING THE PRESS CONFERENCE * * * * * The congressman gets shirtless in his latest embarrassing photo obtained by Andrew Breitbart. OK, you can start the resignation clock ticking  . . . CBS News is now reporting on Andrew Breitbart’s exclusive: “A spokesman for Weiner did not immediately respond to a request to confirm that Weiner had, […]

‘Had Two’

by Smitty I can understand why Dan Riehl enjoys thrashing Jennifer Rubin so much. Emphasis mine in the following: As I have written before, following the 2008 presidential election Palin had two choices: be a serious political leader or occupy that space between celebrity and conservative rabble-rouser. She was far better suited to the latter, […]

Chicago Teens Charged With ‘Mob Action Violence to Person and Property’

Another kind of “community organizing” : One man was smoking a cigar Saturday night on a bench in the Streeterville neighborhood when his evening was interrupted by a group of young men who robbed and beat him. Another man was parking his motor scooter outside Northwestern University’s downtown campus when the same group apparently made […]

#WeinerGate Fallout: Democrats Criticize Weiner for Missing Israel Day Parade UPDATE: Breitbart Releases 2nd Photo

Jennifer Epstein at Politico: Rep. Anthony Weiner was MIA at this weekend’s big Israel Day parade in New York City, drawing fire from members of his own party who said he should have shown up. With the scandal still swirling and questions unanswered over a lewd photograph of an underwear-clad man sent via his Twitter […]

Are Krauthammer and Will Non-Traditional Supporters Of A Non-Traditional Candidate?

by Smitty Doug Ross surveys two generally sharp fellows. A brace of otherwise savvy pundits. They have watched the crisis progress over decades. They know the history. The must know that the ruling class patterns that brought the country to this point are not going to succeed. Yet they claim to be against one obvious […]

New #WeinerGate Allegations?
UPDATE: Weiner’s Photo: ‘It’s Me’

UPDATE 8:35 a.m. ET: Andrew Breitbart has released the first photo, reportedly sent to a young woman via Anthony Weiner’s AOL account, “after she asked him to confirm that he was taking photographs contemporaneously, in conjunction with their apparent online communications.” UPDATE: Boston talk radio host Michael Graham: This helps explain why Weiner hasn’t just […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 06.06.11

TOP NEWS Test Results Expected; German Sprouts Suspected Early reports blaming Spanish cukes evidently in error; farm near Bienenbuettel regarded as the source now Arizona Wildfire Threatens Residents Near NM Border Third-worst fire in Arizona history Vets Remember Normandy D-Day invasion memories POLITICS Santorum Poised To Enter GOP Presidential Race His main theme: American exceptionalism […]

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Emerson, 10, Reagan, 8, and Jefferson, 12, at Municipal Stadium after Sunday’s Hagerstown Suns game. My wife’s boss had extra tickets to Sunday’s Hagerstown Suns game, and we took our three youngest kids to watch the Suns win 6-5 over the Greensboro Grasshoppers. It was a big crowd — 4,592 in attendance at Municipal Stadium — because […]

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