The Other McCain

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

CA-36: Hahn’s Bad Rap?

The Torrance (Calif.) Daily Breeze has an article that would appear to exonerate Democrat Janice Hahn of accusations that her “gang-intervention specialist” program abetted violent felons. I say it “would appear to exonerate” her, because the article leaves unanswered several questions raised by previous reports about Hahn’s involvement in the program. In an attempt to […]

Weiner’s Teen Tweeter

Today’s big story about embattled Rep. Anthony Weiner focuses on the fact that his wife, Huma Abedin, a top aide to Hillary Clinton, has returned home to deal with the scandal. (Also, the National Enquirer has published a photo of Weiner, as an 18-year-old college student, wearing a bra as part of some sort of […]

CA-36: Anti-Hahn Video Draws More Than 75,000 Viewers in First 18 Hours

Janice Hahn, Los Angeles City Council member and Democrat candidate in CA-36 special election An online attack ad highlighting a Democratic congressional candidate’s support for a controversial “gang intervention” program has generated more than 75,000 views at YouTube.com since its release Tuesday afternoon.  “It will probably hit 100,000 [views] by the end of today,” video director Ladd […]

Insty Breaks Out The ZZ Top Reference

by Smitty Showdown, you bet! And I haven’t even saddled my pony yet! Deguello is my personal favorite ZZ Top release. Oh yeah, Insty is on about an article on The Hill where Speaker Boehner is turning up the heat on the POTUS over Libya: Boehner wrote: “Given the mission you have ordered to the […]

Health Care or Aircraft Carriers?

One of the problems with ObamaCare is that this massive new entitlement program will steadily drain away tax money from the federal budget — including the defense budget, so that the United States can no longer afford to defend its interests abroad. In fact, something similar is already happening to our allies: The British military intervention in Libya is […]

When I Grow Up …

. . . I want to be so cool that I get invited to be a guest on Instavision: BTW, the Weiner scandal dominated the news last week.

Pointing Out the Obvious: They Don’t Teach Economics at Harvard Law School

Conveniences you’ve enjoyed for decades have suddenly become a cause of long-term unemployment: “There are some structural issues with our economy where a lot of businesses have learned to become much more efficient with a lot fewer workers. You see it when you go to a bank and you use an ATM, you don’t go […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 06.15.11

TOP NEWS Pakistan’s ISI Arrests CIA Informants Who Led US To Bin Laden More evidence that Uncle Sam’s relationship with the Land of the Pure is broken Ethanol Tax Credit Survives In Senate Tom Coburn & Diane Feinstein v. Grover Norquist Wisconsin Supremes Uphold Union Reform Law 4-3 vote includes smackdown of Dane County judge […]

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