The Other McCain

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

Geert Wilders Not Guilty of Hate Speech

A big victory for free speech in Europe. The courageous Dutchman’s most enthusiastic American admirer Pamela Geller is celebrating. I trust commenters will alert us when Charles Johnson tries to rationalize this latest defeat for his “Eurofascist” smear campaign. UPDATE: Could he possibly be more predictable? Let’s pause first to ask whether anyone did more […]

LATE AT EIGHT — 11.26.10

Apologies to readers for the non-appearance of “Live at Five,” as Wombat found himself spending the holidays at the home of relatives in Luray, Va., who don’t have WiFi. Also, Wombat is suffering from a cold, if you want to send him get-well wishes. I’ll be aggregating headlines here in the meantime. — RSM TOP NEWS South […]

EUROPE IN CRISIS: Sudden Financial Emergency Strikes EU Zone
UPDATE: Götterdämmerung?

These headlines at the Drudge Report outline evidence of increasing stress on European economies: IRELAND ON THE BRINK… …TOLD TO TAKE EU BAILOUT PORTUGAL HITS PANIC BUTTON… GREEK DEFICIT MUCH BIGGER THAN ESTIMATE…   Is this it? Are we finally approaching global economic Armageddon? Give me a few minutes to sort through what this means. […]

The Flemish Menace Returns!

Yes, it’s true. Those dangerous “ultra-nationalists” who inspired Charles Johnson’s insane fears — Belgium Uber Alles! — recently popped up on the political radar again, as Jesse Walker of Reason magazine reports: In last week’s Belgian elections, the secessionist New Flemish Alliance emerged as the largest party in Parliament; if the group achieves its agenda, Flanders will soon be independent […]

Clan Cameron Triumphs

David Cameron just became Prime Minister of Great Britain, a Tory triumph that we conservatives here on the far side of the pond can cheerfully celebrate. Here’s hoping that the new PM will so scourge Labour — and that the island realm united under his leadership shall so vanquish Britain’s every foe — as to make men recall […]

Dow Loses 213 Points on Debt Crisis in Greece, Portugal; Rachel Maddow Trying to Figure Out How to Blame Sarah Palin

Let the blame game begin! A downgrade of Greece’s credit rating to “junk” status sent stocks to their worst one-day loss in more than two months . . . The Dow snapped a six-day winning streak, plummeting 213.04 points, or 1.9%, to 10991.99, suffering its worst decline in both point and percentage terms since Feb. […]

More LGF Fallout: New York Times ‘Casually Defames’ Filip DeWinter

So says Diana West: As many readers know, I have written extensively about Filip and his party’s  courageous political battle to halt and reverse the Islamization of Belgium since I first met him almost exactly three years ago. . . . Diana West is certainly no fascist sympathizer. Unlike Charles Johnson, she’s actually been to […]

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