The Other McCain

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

LIVE AT FIVESIX: 10.30.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS At Least 16 Deaths, 6.2 Million Without Power As Sandy Comes Ashore NYC hit with 13-foot storm surge; tunnels, subways flooded One Dead, One Missing, Fourteen Rescued As HMS Bounty Sinks Sandy Slams South Jersey; Worst Yet To Come Israel’s Governing Likud Party Merges With Ultranationalists Union with Yisrael […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 10.29.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS HURRICANE SANDY PUTS 50 MILLION AT RISK Predicted to come ashore in Atlantic City; coastal Virginia already flooding Romney Holds Slight Edge Over Obama In Long Island Siena College/Newsday poll shows Mitt ahead 47-45 No Longer The Underdog Scott Brown rallies moderates from his pickup POLITICS Key Senate Races […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 10.26.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Both Parties, Presidential Candidates On Track To Raise One BILLION Dollars Wall Street, professionals donating heavily to Romney and allied SuperPACs; Silicon Valley, retirees giving to DNC and Obama NYT Reports PRC PM Wen Has Vast Family Business Empire Billions in hidden riches for family of Communist leader East […]

LIVE AT FIVESIX: 10.25.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Sources Say Counterterror Chief Reprimanded For Calling Benghazi Attack Terrorism Administration denies this, sinks deeper into morass of lies Rape Remark Jolts Senate Race, Presidential Race Too Jonathan Weisman’s hopeful panting is practically audible in this article UN Envoy Claims Syrian Loyalists, Some Rebels Agree To Eid CEase-Fire UNSC […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 10.24.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Terrorists Rain Rockets, Mortar Bombs On Israel; Five Injured IDF counterstrikes into Gaza result in three jihadis KIA, three wounded Press Goes Ape Over Mourdock Rape Pregnancy Opinion Debate answer sets off predictable hue & cry Costa Rica Rattled By Earthquake 6.6 on the Richter scale; no major damage […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 10.23.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Beeb Notices Europe Left Out Of Foreign Policy Debate BBC thinks Romney had the best night; “pivoting to President Peaceful” Wisconsin Shooting Brings New Call For Gun Control Unexpectedly! Early Storm Drops Two Feet Of Snow On Northern California Mountains Storm brings badly needed rain to lower altitudes POLITICS […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 10.22.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Former Senator, Presidential Candidate George McGovern Dies, 90 WW2 vet became anti-war candidate in 1972; was crushed by Nixon, carrying only Massachusetts and DC. Remembered for changing Democratic convention rules to reduce party bosses’ power, work with Bob Dole on global hunger issue. Died in hospice after long illness […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 10.19.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Candidates Trade Jokes Instead Of Accusations At Al Smith Dinner A welcome break in the rancor? Boy Scout Pervert List Released (This space reserved for the inevitable editorial using this to justify forcing the BSA to change its policies to allow more of the same) Family Of Bomber Wannabee […]

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