The Other McCain

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

‘Abysmal Failure’

That’s how the 2008 TARP bailout is described by Neal Barofsky, the former special inspector general (“SIGTARP”) who was responsible for investigating how the funds were spent. Did you know, for example, that the Treasury Department still owns 61% of the “too-big-to-fail” insurance giant AIG, and that bailout recipients still owe taxpayers more than $100 […]

St. Louis Post-Disgrace

The World’s Worst Excuse for a Daily Newspaper today published an editorial of unimaginable wretchedness, comparing Republicans to Stalin — yes, Stalin — for their opposition to ObamaCare. Republicans, according to this perverse analogy, are the moral equivalent of a genocidal mass murderer because a study by the New England Journal of Medicine found that a certain number of non-insured […]

NYMag Plays The Race Card On #YouDidntDoThat

by Smitty Raaaaacism, like flatus, is often closest to the emitter: The key thing is that Obama is angry, and he’s talking not in his normal voice but in a “black dialect.” This strikes at the core of Obama’s entire political identity: a soft-spoken, reasonable African-American with a Kansas accent. From the moment he stepped […]

CNN President Jim Walton Resigns; Network Stuck in Third Place

Associated Press: CNN chief Jim Walton said Friday he is quitting, saying the company needs new leadership at a time its flagship U.S. network is suffering through some of its poorest ratings ever. Walton built the company into a profitable international news organization in his 10 years as president of CNN Worldwide, and said it […]

Ungrateful Limeys!

The British press and politicians are having an Olympic field day at Mitt Romney’s expense, with assistance of U.S. media. Never mind that we twice bailed them out against the Huns, eh? Maybe they’re still pissed off about us sending them Madonna.

Didn’t A Horse Pull The Cart With The Stones That Built The Appian Way?

by Smitty RT @DeliciousJoe: “You might be an idiot if you think the road built your business, and not the other way around”- Rand Paul #FreePac #tcot — John Hayward (@Doc_0) July 27, 2012 So much of our current political challenge seems to be overcoming the cart-horse reversal that is Progressivism: People aren’t necessarily that […]

#YouDidntDoThat Because You Were Buried In Jacked-Up Regulations

by Smitty Representative Mike Kelly on the topic of HR 4078: To provide that no agency may take any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than 6.0 percent. In fairness to #OccupyResoluteDesk, enacting this would severely limit the amount of kickbacks, graft, carve-outs, chiseling, thuggery, corruption, patronage, favors, handouts, […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 07.27.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Syrian Legislator From Aleppo Defects To Turkey State Department accuses Assad regime of planning a massacre in rebel-held city London Mayor Chides Romney Over Olympics Remarks Boris Johnson unhappy with comments that London isn’t ready High Winds Sweep Through Midwest, Northeast Tornado strikes Elmira, NY POLITICS DEA Arrests 91, […]

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