The Other McCain

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

French Plan for Greek Crisis Won’t Work

The stock market surged last week after France announced a plan for French banks to roll over some maturing Greek bonds, thus helping avert default. But now credit rating agencies have had a chance to read the fine print on that plan and aren’t liking what they see: Greece risks being judged in default on its debt […]

Sexiest Kate Middleton Photo EVAH!

Let’s face it, guys, the Duchess of Cambridge is a royal hottie. But of all the sexy photos you’ve ever seen of Kate Middleton, nothing was ever as sexy as this latest one.

Genesis 12:3

“And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee . . .” Disagreements about foreign policy are one thing. Jew-hating is something else. When someone says, “Zionists not welcome,” watch out. Da Tech Guy informs us that some unpleasantness has developed among counter-jihad bloggers, requiring me to say: I’m with […]

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 […]

Greeks Riot as Parliament Approves Budget Cuts to Avoid Debt Default

Financial markets breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday after the Greek parliament approved an austerity plan needed to avert default on the nation’s debt: The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 72.73 points, or 0.60%, to 12261.42, capping the blue-chip measure’s biggest three-day gain since March. . . . Stocks have swung up and down for […]

On the Bright Side, I Doubt the Navy Would Put Smitty in a Luxury Hotel

While I haven’t heard anything today from our fearless Admiral of the Afghan Seas, I presume he’s in some relatively safe and non-luxury billet, while Taliban terrorists are holed up at the best hotel in Kabul: Taliban gunmen and suicide bombers attacked Kabul’s Hotel Inter-Continental in a carefully orchestrated attack that began Tuesday night and […]

VIDEO: Violent Riots Break Out in Athens as Greek Parliament Faces Key Debt Vote

Here is raw video of today’s riots in Athens: Greece has no alternative to passing the austerity plan if it wishes to prevent default on its debt, Reuters reports: Anti-austerity protests turned violent in Athens on Tuesday as the European Union warned Greek lawmakers the country faces immediate default unless they back an unpopular economic […]

VIDEO: Greek Meltdown?

Here are a couple of video reports from EuroNews about this week’s big economic question: Can Greece deal with its debt crisis or will default trigger a global economic meltdown? At the Hot Air Green Room: The good news, such as it is: French banks have reportedly agreed to a plan to roll over Greek […]

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