The Other McCain

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

Chuck Schumer’s Compromise Plan: ‘Bend Over and Grab Your Ankles, Republicans’

‘Thanks for the compromise, Marco. Now go fix me a sandwich.’ “Pro-tip for Republicans: if Obama, Schumer, Dick Durbin, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, La Raza, and the SEIU is really really really for something, it’s probably best for you to oppose it.” — Jeff Goldstein, Protein Wisdom You have to smile at the childish naïveté […]

The Gang of Eight Liars

Everything you need to know about the so-called “Gang of 8” Senate immigration bill is this: Obama supports it. If this bill was good for America, Obama would be against it. If this was a bill that any conservative could honestly support, Harry Reid would have killed it in committee and Chuck Schumer would not […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 06.13.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Pennsylvania Child’s Double-Lung Transplant Deemed Success Sarah Murnaghan’s parents fought HHS rules on organ allocation and won Nelson Mandela’s Condition Improving Better response to treatment after four difficult days The NSA: True Lies In The National Security State Snowden’s heroism or villainy are tangential to the real issues POLITICS […]

The #FreeKate Criminal Caucus

Bad causes attract bad supporters, and readers will perhaps not be surprised that people who think it should be legal to diddle 14-year-olds — which is what the “Free Kate” movement boils down to — are not generally paragons of civil discourse: Who is this #FreeKate fanatic Gary Herndon and why is he in favor […]

Well, What Is the Rate?

The usual suspects are doing their abortion-rape war dance: Another Republican congressman ventured into the realm of rape and pregnancy Wednesday, saying at a committee hearing that incidences of pregnancy from rape are “very low.” Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), whose measure banning abortions after 20 weeks was being considered in the House Judiciary Committee, argued […]

Naked 19-Year-Old News Update

Question: How much dope do you have to smoke before “naked spiritual quest” sounds like a good idea? khq.com/story/22550472… — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) June 12, 2013 Officials have halted search operations for Maureen Kelly, who has been missing since Sunday in a remote Washington State forest. Kelly, a 19-year-old from Vancouver, disappeared in what […]

Republican Senators Sell Out, Vote for Cloture on ‘Gang of Eight’ Amnesty Bill

Well, we expected this, didn’t we? Thirty Republican senators, led by Mitch McConnell, voted to debate this dishonest monstrosity. In order to disprove a Democrat lie — that Republicans are “anti-immigrant” and hate Latinos — McConnell will trample underfoot the rule of law and surrender U.S. sovereignty by supporting an amnesty that he and his […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 06.12.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Google Chief Legal Officer Pushes Back On NSA Spy Program Asks Feds for permission to make FISA documents public Related: The real story in the NSA scandal is the collapse of journalism Also: Government Reviews Security Damage In Wake Of Snowden Disclosures Greek State Broadcaster Refuses To Close Journalist […]

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