The Other McCain

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

Massachusetts, Purveyor Of Fine Bollocks

by Smitty (h/t Drudge) Boston.com reports that the Massachusetts legislature is going in through the out door again, passing a law to ignore the will of their people, and instead just give their electoral votes to the popular vote winner nation wide. But Senate minority leader Richard Tisei said the state was meddling with a […]

Could Scott Brown Kill The Frank’n’Dodd Wall Street Reform?

by Smitty (via The Corner) Reuters reports: Brown’s possible defection from the bill increases the chance of a successful Republican filibuster this time unless Democratic leaders can find another vote. Democrats control 57 seats in the Senate and Republicans 41. Two independents usually vote with the Democrats. It takes 60 votes to end a filibuster. […]

‘How Can Someone Hate America?’

The Boston Herald reports on yesterday’s raids: Federal agents are scrambling today to determine whether a Boston cab driver and Brookline gas station attendant arrested yesterday in a massive sweep knew whether their money was provided to a suspected Times Square terror bomber. The Pakistani natives were rounded up in raids in Watertown and Brookline […]

Terrorism at 39 Waverley Avenue?

Photo by Da Tech Guy Pir Khan, Mohammad Bakht Zameen, Said Pervez — these are reportedly the names of three tenants of the boarding house at 39 Waverley Avenue in Watertown, Mass., raided Thursday morning by agents of the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and local police. At least six search warrants were executed, and […]

Will Terrorists Boycott Arizona?

Da Tech Guy told me that some residents of Watertown, Mass., he spoke with today said it’s time for Massachusetts to pass its own version of the new Arizona immigration law. Which would be a 180-degree reversal of what was happening in Massachusetts before this morning’s raids: Last week, the Boston City Council passed a measure that would […]

BREAKING: Terrorism Angle in Massachusetts ‘Immigration’ Raids; BUMPED: ‘Very Quiet Neighborhood’; UPDATE: Mohammad Bakht Zameen; UPDATE: ‘They Paid the Rent on Time’

12:08 p.m. ET: DaTechGuy on the scene reports by phone: The boarding house where the suspects were arrested is “next door to public housing” in an “ethnically mixed neighborhood.” Residents describe it as “a very quiet neighborhood” where “nothing ever happens — until today.” UPDATE 12:20 p.m. ET: New England Cable News names Mohammad Bakht […]

Troubling News From Fitchburg, Mass.: If Scott Brown’s Lost Josh Romano . . .

In his new gig writing for the Examiner, Pete Da Tech Guy finds trouble at the corner market for the “41st vote”: We now know Brown’s price; $354,000. That’s a local voter’s reaction to this Boston Herald article: U.S. Sen. Scott Brown – the upstart GOP maverick who has threatened to filibuster the Democrats’ move to rein in Wall Street – […]

You Might Be a Media Douchebag If . . .

. . . people are attacked for exercising their First Amendment rights and you don’t think that’s a news story: Over 10,000 Boston Patriots turned out for the event and to hear Sarah Palin speak. So did the thugs. Leftist thugs wearing USW T-shirts threw punches and rammed their way through the Tea Party Protest […]

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