The Other McCain

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

Cablinasian Fever!

Dan Collins at Piece of Work in Progress: The remote island nation of Cablinasia eagerly— and somewhat nervously — awaits Tiger Woods’ return to the golf tour. . . . Meanwhile: Nearly 60 percent of those who answered a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey said they wanted the embattled golfer to win the event at Georgia’s […]

Second-Best Blog Headline of the Day

SEC Employees Were Masturbating to Kiddie Porn While Your Economy Tanked And the sad thing is, it’s not a joke: Two video files found on [a gay SEC employee’s] computer were referred to the FBI because investigators suspected that the men depicted having sex in them were underage. Some people may object that “gay SEC […]

If You Haven’t Been Groped by Eric Massa Yet, Please Raise Your Hand

OK, let’s do a count . . . uh, so far, looks like I’m the only one: [I]n conversations yesterday and today with some of Massa’s Navy shipmates, it became clear that the behavior toward his subordinates that got Massa into trouble in Congress is part of pattern that dates to his time in the Navy. […]

Union-Endorsed Politician Caught in Drunk Driving Scandal: Is This News?

State Sen. Roy Ashburn’s contributions from California labor unions raised eyebrows last year, but now that he’s been busted for DUI all that anyone seems to care about is that Ashburn is a Republican: The veteran Kern County lawmaker was spotted weaving at about 2 a.m. Wednesday and was pulled over, said Sgt. Rick Campbell […]

SFW Video: Hookers In The Graveyard

by Smitty (h/t Digg) The video will not entomb in our page, but you can see it here. As technology improves, I foresee more of this sort of thing. While the sheer voyeurism of catching others trading hormones excites me not (boring monogamist that I am) I had thought of getting on the Beltway with […]

Alabama Attorney General Troy King Continues to Defend Casino Gambling

While I was in Alabama, the front pages of newspapers were dominated by reports of the state task force attempting to raid illegal electronic bingo operations. And the man being blamed for the confusion — which has sparked political and legal turmoil in the state — is Alabama’s Republican attorney general, Troy King. On the […]

Troy King and the Scandal That Dare Not Speak Its Name: Way Down (Low) in Dixie

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Everybody who follows Alabama politics knows about the gossip and everybody has a sarcastic joke about the state attorney general, so it’s not exactly news, which may partly explain why the state’s establishment media won’t touch it with a 10-foot pole. Do a Google search and it’s hard to miss the online […]

Alabama: ‘Things Going On’

I’m planning to leave late tonight or early Thursday for a shoe-leather reporting trip to Alabama. That rattling sound you hear is either the transmission of the 2004 KIA Optima or me shaking the tip-jar like Carmen Miranda’s maracas in a Cuban samba frenzy. This trip continues the Grassroots-vs.-Establishment theme I’ve been covering for the past few months. There […]

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