The Other McCain

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

#BerlinAttack Pakistani Refugee Kills Christians in Terrorist Truck Rampage

  “At least 12 dead, 48 injured in truck attack on Berlin Christmas market,” is the headline on Victor Morton’s Washington Times story: In a rerun of the Bastille Day terrorist attack in Nice, a truck driver plowed a 7-ton semi through a bustling Monday evening Christmas market in Berlin, Germany, causing mass carnage for […]

MUNICH TERRORIST KILLS 9 PEOPLE UPDATE: Gunman Was 18-Year-Old German-Born Son of Iranian Immigrants

UPDATE 9:05 p.m. EDT: Sky News reports: “The perpetrator was an 18-year-old German-Iranian from Munich,” police chief Hubertus Andrae told reporters after the massacre. “The motive or explanation for this crime is completely unclear.” Yeah, it’s “unclear” why this young Muslim committed a massacre. PREVIOUSLY (2:21 p.m. EDT) Multiple people are reportedly dead after a […]

Rape Culture: German Women Terrorized by Growing Menace of Muslim Violence

Last month, after German women were assaulted during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Cologne, I published this headline: Muslim Rape Gangs Attack Women, and Feminists Won’t Say a Word About It Well, a few actually did say a word about it — Laurie Penny, for example, denounced as “racists” anyone calling attention to sexual violence […]

Exhausting the Blitzkrieg Metaphors

Everyone who watched Tuesday’s World Cup semifinal match between Germany and Brazil was astonished by the historic 7-1 destruction the Germans inflicted on the host squad: It is not Brazil, alone, that is in shock after the greatest humiliation in World Cup history. Those of us who have held the 1970 Brazil team of Pelé, […]

Obama’s Sequel Speech In Berlin Was Really Just An Alice In Chains Reference

by Smitty The Daily Mail carries the story the U.S. news is mostly ignoring: It was a more muted affair for President Obama in Berlin today as he spoke at Berlin’s iconic Brandenburg Gate before an invite-only crowd of 4,500 guests – a remarkable difference from the rock-star welcome he received five years ago in […]

Germans Don’t Grasp Separation Of Church & State, Federalism

by Smitty Mrs. Other Smitty sends a Der Spiegel link that offers an external view of what remains one of the signature issues of this country, ObamaCare: Germans Can’t Fathom US Aversion to Obama’s Healthcare Reform Read the whole thing, but let me answer their section headings: System Only Works if Everyone Takes Part The […]

The Economy: How Bad Does It Suck?

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 236.17 points Wednesday, closing at 11,257.5. Since Nov. 11, the Dow has lost 896.13 points (7.4%), and the forecast is ominous: Stocks suffered a sixth straight day of losses on Wednesday as frustration over the euro zone’s debt crisis, coupled with weak Chinese factory data, further dented investor sentiment. […]

Kinder, Küche, Kirche

Perhaps I should leave this one to Smitty — Frau Smitty ist Deutsch — but our gallant hero is probably too busy saving the world from Taliban terrorists to notice that the New York Times has decided that Germany is insufficiently feminist: [W]hen it comes to empowering women, no Teutonic drive or deference seems to work […]

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