The Other McCain

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

Moammar’s Very, Very Bad Day

I’m suffering with a head cold today, but it could be worse. At least I’m not Moammar Qaddafi: Influential Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi has issued a fatwa that any Libyan soldier who can shoot dead embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi should do so ‘to rid Libya of him.’ One thing that always annoyed me about this […]

VIDEO: Herman Cain Behind the Scenes at Wisconsin ‘Stand With Walker’ Rally

Join the online grassroots army at Citizens for Cain. UPDATE: Sen. John Thune announces he won’t run in 2012, because he knows he can’t beat Cain. He doesn’t actually say that, but we know how to read between the lines.

New Zealand Quake Kills at Least 65

Christchurch, New Zealand, a popular tourist destination, reportedly “resembled a war zone” today: A devastating 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Tuesday, killing at least 65 people and collapsing buildings onto victims, some of whom used their cellphones to frantically call for help, officials said. Rescuers dug through the rubble overnight […]

Wisconsin Democrat: Don’t Distract Me With the Heavenly Touch Massage Parlor

Busted in Appleton, Wisconsin: Appleton police say a municipal citation they issued to state Rep. Gordon Hintz earlier this month is connected to a prostitution investigation involving an Appleton massage parlor. The 37-year-old Oshkosh Democrat was arrested Feb. 10 and cited the next day under a city sexual misconduct ordinance. . . . Police searched […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 2.22.11

TOP NEWS Ghadaffi Denies Exile In Venezuela On State TV Fighting rages between rebels, loyalists NZ Quake Causes Massive Damage, Many Deaths In Christchurch Nine quakes ranging up to 6.3 devastate city Raymond Davis Definitely CIA, Says Pak Intel Official Davis held under heavy security in Lahore jail, awaiting trial by Pak court POLITICS Chicago […]

Sock-Puppet Software

Maybe the weirdest news of the day: The US government is offering private intelligence companies contracts to create software to manage “fake people” on social media sites and create the illusion of consensus on controversial issues. The contract calls for the development of ‘Persona Management Software’ which would help the user create and manage a […]

Kristi Noem: ‘She Is Legit Hot’

The freshman Republican from South Dakota is a 39-year-old mother of three who has, alas, been objectified: Recently rated “hottest freshman” in Congress by Huffington Post readers, a throng of photographers greeted her at the airport when she first arrived in the nation’s capital. “She walked right into a hornets’ nest — there were paparazzi […]

Syracuse Post-Standard Portrays Buerkle as Supporting ‘Massive Budget Cuts’

Freshman Republican Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle is the most vicious, reckless, wild-eyed budget-slasher in American history, according to the largest newspaper in her district. The editors of the Syracuse paper — evidently picking up the “slash-and-burn” theme used by the New York Times — obviously think their readers are idiots who can’t do math. If […]

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