The Other McCain

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LIVE AT FIVE – 08.09.11

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS LONDON IN FLAMES Hundreds arrested in London, violence spreads to Birmingham, Bristol, and Liverpool Reuters live coverage Race sensitivity making policing impossible? Incidents map Turks Warn Assad Not To Follow Gaddafi’s Example Syrian Defense Minister replaced, attacks on dissidents continue Kuwait, Bahrain join Saudis in withdrawing ambassadors Anonymous Hacks […]

Denison: Overflow Crowd Hears Herman Cain Slam Obama: ‘That’s Not Leadership!’

DENISON, Iowa Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain today denounced as “pathetic” the response of President Obama and other Democrats to the recent downgrade of U.S. credit. “Today, the president, Senator [John] Kerry and other Democrats now want to blame somebody for the credit downgrade – other than themselves,” Cain told a standing-room only crowd at […]

‘Awfully Nice For The Professors Who Don’t Have To Grade’

by Smitty Althouse points to Western Governor’s University, where there is a notion of hiring adjuncts to do the grading. Should we feel for the adjuncts who have a job consisting of the part of the job that the regular professors are freed from? The photo at the link depicts “Emily Child, an evaluator at […]

Sioux City: Herman Cain Begins Iowa Bus Tour With Noon Speech to Jewish Group

SIOUX CITY, Iowa Herman Cain just arrived at Eldon’s Restaurant aboard his spiffy new tour bus: This event is sponsored by the Sioux City Jewish Coaliton. I asked one of the staffers, “Do they have a significant Jewish population in Sioux City?” But the answer was a mystified shrug. Anyway, here is a video tour […]

Fear and Loathing: From Sioux City to Council Bluffs With the Herman Cain Bus

SIOUX CITY, Iowa OK, no more messing around. Time to get seriously into gonzo as I hit the road following Herman Cain’s “Common Sense Solutions” bus tour across the state. Three stops today, covering 150 miles: 11 a.m. Eldon’s Restaurant 3322 Singing Hills Blvd., Sioux City, Iowa Sioux City Jewish Coalition meeting 2:45 p.m. Cronk’s […]

VIDEO: ‘Who Is Herman Cain?’

This is the best video they’ve done yet:

Santorum’s Hope

From my American Spectator column today: SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Perhaps 50 voters showed up Saturday for a campaign event held in a barn on a dirt road amid cornfields near Roland, about 20 miles north of Ames. While a few dozen voters isn’t much of a crowd by Republican presidential campaign standards, the audience […]

Hate to Say I Told You So, But …

You should have listened to Glenn Beck! Bullion strikes record above $1,700 on S&P downgrade By Lewa Pardomuen/REUTERS Bullion roared to record highs above $1,700 an ounce on Monday as an unprecedented downgrade to the U.S. credit rating sent investors scrambling out of riskier assets, hammering equity markets and the dollar. Both U.S. gold futures […]

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