The Other McCain

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

LIVE AT FIVE – 07.19.11

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS House To Vote On “Cut, Cap & Balance” Plan Bill requires immediate cuts, balanced budget amendment in exchange for debt limit increase; White House threatens veto in unlikely event bill passes Senate US, Gadhafi Regime In Face-To-Face Talks Tunisian talks took place, but what was discussed and what follows […]

You Should Have Listened to Glenn Beck

In May 20, 2010, when I first took note of Rep. Anthony Weiner’s attack on Glenn Beck for promoting gold, the price was $1,192.60 per ounce. Now here’s Monday’s headline from Bloomberg: Gold Tops $1,600, Surges to Record in Longest Rally in 31 Years on Debt Monday’s price was $1,607.90 an ounce, which means gold […]

An Eternal Truth: ‘Getting Your Eyebrow Pierced Does Not Make You Any Less Fat’

That brilliant aphorism was spoken by a friend of my teenage son, after a visit to the local convenience store. This wisdom seemed important to share, along with my own observation: No woman has ever improved her looks by getting a tattoo.

While We Have Not Yet Sold Any $120,000 7-Carat Diamond Rings …

. . . I was very pleased to see on the Amazon Associates sales report that one of our readers bought a Motorola Xoom Android Tablet for $499.00, thus earning me a sweet 4% commission of $19.96. Another reader bought a Nikon CoolPix camera for $109 — a $4.36 commission for me. Ka-ching! And then […]

It’s Not News, But Why Miss a Chance to Use ‘Palin’ in a Deceptive Headline?

Today’s news from the Department of Deceptive Headlines: Bristol Palin To Star In A Reality Show With Disney Channel’s Kyle Massey Checking my calendar — yep, it’s July 18 — I point out this headline from a press release issued on May 9: BIO CHANNEL GREENLIGHTS UNTITLED BRISTOL PALIN, CHRISTOPHER MASSEY AND KYLE MASSEY DOCU-SERIES Permit […]

Krikorian on Cain, Islam and Immigration

Mark Krikorian semi-disagrees with Herman Cain: If a large and growing Muslim population represents a threat to liberty — and I believe, with Cain, that it does — then that’s yet another reason to reduce future immigration. But once you admit people, we’re bound to judge them individually, by the same yardstick we use for […]

See? B.S.!

Ed Morrissey does an excellent evisceration of a blatantly deceptive CBS News poll: Have Democrats leaped to an eleven-point registration advantage in the last five weeks?  In early June, a CBS News poll showed a D/R/I sample of 30/30/40, which undersampled both parties slightly in favor of independents, even weighting it to slightly favor Republicans. […]

Afghan Task Of Turning The U.S. Into Land Of Corrupt Warlords: Fruitful

by Smitty The more you read about Fast and Furious, the more you wonder if the U.S. involvment in Afghanistan is about coaxing Afghanistan to be more like the U.S., or the reverse. We’re past the benefit-of-the-doubt stage. This is about the integrity of the borders, the U.S. government, and the future of the country. […]

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