The Other McCain

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

LIVE AT FIVE: 07.09.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS President To Seek Partial Extension Of Tax Cuts Wants cuts to expire on January 1 for taxpayers earning more than $250K Groups Urge Scott Brown To Back Obamacare Coalition made up of people who probably won’t vote for him anyway Mysterious Cambodian Deaths Tied To Common Childhood Illness Hand, […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Touch And Go

— compiled by Wombat-socho For the benefit of those reading Rule 5 Sunday for the first time: some of the links below are most definitely Not Safe For Work and could contribute to the pollution of your precious bodily fluids. First out of the gate this week is Valley of the Shadow, who enlists the […]

Hereditary Genius

Reagan, 9, and Emerson, 11, with their Dad at the Marine Corps Memorial in Arlington, Va. FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION Among the numerous hassles which convicted terrorist Brett Kimberlin imposed on my family with his “I-know-where-you-live” call to my wife’s employer was the necessity of disposing of our old refrigerator. This meant moving the refrigerator down […]

Good News: The Libor Scandal Is A Purely European Problem

by Smitty Zero Hedge is on about the Libor scandal as though it was a deal of Biden-esque proportions. Robert Reich is shocked, SHOCKED! at this turn of events: Suppose the bankers are manipulating the interest rate so they can place bets with the money you lend or repay them – bets that will pay […]

Romney Doesn’t Seem Interested In Winning Ugly

by Smitty Mediate has Krauthammer unimpressed with Romney: Noted political strategist Sun Tzu: “Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.” In 2008, we saw a weak candidate make weak decisions week by week, finishing weakly. While, at a high level, the Romney campaign may not be looking too brutal, I […]

Brain B’asploding #Bacon Burger

by Smitty You can feel the sodium, of this 100% ground bacon burger (with cheese and bacon!) even through the blog post: You eat that, and your head could b’asplode. I’m super cereal. via Sara Rumpf Update: TrogloPundit provides dessert, which is called Pumpple Cake, but would be perhaps better named: “Michelle Obama Frowned”.

FMJRA 2.0: Still Aging

— compiled by Wombat-socho All praise to Dominion Virginia Power for keeping the watts flowing this week, despite a heat wave and more thunderstorms. On with the linkagery! Ten Questions for Brandon Darby That Mr. Guy The Daley Gator Hogewash Newsbeat1 The Camp Of The Saints Liberty News Network The Conservatory Tai-Chi Policy Twitchy Iron […]

Neal Rauhauser Boasts of Access to Secret Congressional Staff ‘Policy Intel’ Network UPDATE: Don’t Believe the Hype?

FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION Brooks Bayne at the Trenches quotes an April 2012 text message reportedly sent by Brett Kimberlin associate Neal Rauhauser: “Keep in mind policy intel for 700+ Congressional staffers runs through a system I built and I back up the natsec editor. I hear stuff average bear does not.“ Bayne interprets the […]

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