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Democrats: You Can Never Hate Them Nearly as Much as They Hate You

@rsmccain thank you sir! — David Limbaugh (@DavidLimbaugh) January 22, 2013 Last night, I saw a post at an anti-Palin blog that had more than 200 vitriolic comments about the woman they called “the Creature from Lake Lucille.” More than four years after Sarah Palin was the Republican vice-presidential candidate, she still inspires frothing rage […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 01.22.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Algerian PM: Gas Plant Worker, Two Canadians Helped Jihadis In Siege Final death toll lower than 81 previously reported Hollande, Merkel Fete 50 Years Of Franco-German Ties Joint celebration of the Elysee Treaty originally signed by De Gaulle, Adenauer Inauguration Too Special To Pass Up Smaller crowds, a more […]

Our Long National Nightmare Is Over

By which, of course, I mean Monday. It’s now 12:01 a.m. ET Tuesday, and so I kept my vow not to say a word about Re-Coronation Day. Others who chronicled the event now have stains on their pants from the orgasmic gush. Chris Matthews emitted his usual effusion of idiocy, and over on the Third-Place […]

Does Lynn Messina Grasp The Damage She’s Doing To Our Culture?

by Smitty Bottom line up front: “XX” != ” XY”. Anybody who thinks that the moral fiber of the United States has been diminished since feminism and the sexual revolution disgraced our shores  can find a contemporary example of the disease here, emphasis mine: Start to complain about your preschooler adopting gentlemanly behavior and you […]

Could Scarborough Be A Bigger Tool? And The Answer Is None. None More Big

by Smitty The former Republican Congressman sneered at the National Rifle Association, suggesting that the gun group is promoting the “big lie” that government will come after most guns. Scarborough insisted the “the big lie has worked for years.” He added, “…If they take away your military-style assault weapons, take away the AR-15, they’re going […]

How to Get Jennifer Schuessler to Give You a Puff Piece in the New York Times

Obviously, it helps if you’re a Bolshevik: When Bhaskar Sunkara was growing up in Westchester County, he likes to say, he dreamed of being a professional basketball player. But the height gods, among others, didn’t smile in his favor. So in 2009, during a medical leave from his sophomore year at George Washington University, Mr. […]

Scientology Continues Its Unwelcome Encounter With the ‘Streisand Effect’

A week ago, the secretive Scientology cult accidentally invited closer media scrutiny by paying The Atlantic to publish a “sponsored content” article so over the top that it generated a massive backlash. It wasn’t difficult for journalists to figure out why the creepy sci-fi “religion” was trying to buy good publicity: Award-winning reporter Lawrence Wright […]

Show Some Civility, You Nazi Racists!

Steve McCann on the divisiveness of the Obama Age: This past week, Bob Sheiffer of CBS compared defeating the NRA to defeating the Nazis in World War II. Not to be outdone Martin Bashir of NBC said the NRA “…deserved to be compared to Hitler.” Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA) claimed:  “…they [NRA] cannot get over the fact […]

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