The Other McCain

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

All-Points Bulletin: Maryland State Police Seeking Incompetent Fugitive Smuggler

Loathsome evil cigarettes: A bench warrant was issued Tuesday for a New York man who failed to appear in Washington County Circuit Court on charges of smuggling hundreds of packs of untaxed cigarettes. Chandrakant Petigara, 70, of 212-29 Hillside Ave., Apt. 3JE, Queens Village, was scheduled to be in court to face charges of transporting […]

Dem Nominee Faces Porn Charge

This is a classic: South Carolina’s surprise Democratic nominee to challenge U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint is facing a pending felony charge. Court records show 32-year-old Alvin Greene was arrested in November and charged with showing obscene Internet photos to a University of South Carolina student. The felony charge carries up to five years in prison. […]

Officer, Arrest That Dopehead

When a guy thinks he can dictate to the Tea Party movement . . . Well, obviously, Jeffrey Miron is on drugs: [D]rug prohibition is hopelessly inconsistent with allegiance to free markets, regardless of the level of government. Free markets should mean both that businesses can operate as they please and that individuals can purchase […]

In Canada, It’s Called ‘Research’

At least that’s what the defense lawyer called it. The prosecution called it child pornography: The former director of B’nai Brith Quebec, Bill Surkis, has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges after agreeing to a plea bargain. . . . In return for a guilty plea to charges of possessing and accessing child pornography, the […]

Not Good News for James O’Keefe

A guilty plea: The four defendants who were arrested in January in Sen. Mary Landrieu’s office in the Hale Boggs federal complex in New Orleans pleaded guilty Wednesday morning in federal court to entering real property belonging to the United States under false pretenses. Magistrate Judge Daniel Knowles III sentenced Stan Dai, Joseph Basel and […]

Arkansas Cops Kill Two Cop-Killers

After two West Memphis cops were killed, the perps were gunned down: Two police officers were fatally shot and another two were wounded Thursday in two separate shootings allegedly by the same suspects in West Memphis, Arkansas, police said. The two suspects, who were using an assault weapon, were themselves fatally shot, said Inspector Bert […]

Celebrity News Update: Lindsay Lohan’s Large Breasts Make Bail, Skip Jail

Sorry, guys, that “Lindsay Goes to Prison” cable-TV series is still just part of your sick imagination: Lindsay Lohan got a tongue-lashing Thursday from an L.A. County judge after the actress failed to appear in court for a hearing, instead remaining in France at the Cannes Film Festival. While dozens of reporters and camera crews converged […]

Shoot the Dirty Anarchist Scum!

That’s what I kept shouting at my computer screen while watching this video of the 1999 WTO riots, the notorious “Battle in Seattle”: Seattle is No. 7 on the “10 Worst Riots in American History” list — which includes video of Chicago cops cracking the skulls of hippie peaceniks at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

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