The Other McCain

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

British ‘Page Three’ Model Shocked to Find Herself in Colorado Killer’s Picture

Before he went on the murder rampage that killed 12 people at a showing of the new Batman movie — and after he’d dyed his hair bright red like a comic-book villain — James Holmes posed for a self-portrait in front of a poster of British pinup girl Keeley Hazell. “It’s chilling and has shocked […]

I Hope That Mass. Voters Give Elizabeth Warren The Martha Coakley Treatment

by Smitty This is a great ad, worthy of reflection by all Americans: via The Corner

Chicago Woman Dies After Abortion

A 24-year-old Chicago woman died Friday after receiving an abortion at a Planned Parenthood clinic, CBS News reports. Tonya Reaves died of a hemorrhage after undergoing a type of abortion procedure called “cervical dilation and evacuation” at the Michigan Avenue clinic, according to the medical examiner’s officer. “It happened so fast,” the dead woman’s twin sister, […]

Colorado Massacre Caused by Heated Rhetoric and Kinky Sex Freak With 6,000 Rounds of Ammunition …

. . . but mainly it was the guy with 6,000 rounds of ammunition: The gunman who blasted his way through a packed movie house early on Friday, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others, had apparently been planning his attack for weeks. “In the last 60 days he purchased four guns at local metro […]

In the 17th Paragraph, She Mentions That the Corrupt Mayor Is a Democrat

Kate Zernike of the New York Times: TRENTON — To measure the decay here in New Jersey’s capital, residents could have counted the unfilled public pools, the shuttered libraries and police stations, the block after block of boarded-up stores and homes. But they did not need to go that far. The city was falling apart […]

A Chick-Fil-A Gun? Pluck Poultry Pistols!

by Smitty The Mayor of Boston is firm in his devotion to protecting Beantown from the ravages of Christianist hate-mongers: Mayor Thomas M. Menino is vowing to block Chick-fil-A from bringing its Southern-fried fast-food empire to Boston — possibly to a popular tourist spot just steps from the Freedom Trail — after the family-owned firm’s […]

The Daily Disgrace

The front-page headline in this morning’s New York Times: GUNMAN KILLS 12 AT COLORADO THEATER; SCORES ARE WOUNDED, REVIVING DEBATE The headline is different in the online version of the story, but the “debate” the editors have in mind is referenced in the fifth paragraph, which declares that “once again . . . the nation […]

‘Higher Education Bubble’? Colorado Shooter Is Medical School Dropout

Larry McShane of the New York Daily News reports: The suspected Colorado movie mass murderer was a loner and a medical school dropout who described himself last year as “quiet and easy-going” on a rental application. James Holmes, 24, withdrew abruptly last month from the University of Colorado Medical School, spokeswoman Jacque Montgomery said Friday. […]

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