The Other McCain

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

LIVE AT FIVE: 03.22.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Texas Shootout May be Tied To Murder Of Colorado Prison Chief Parolee Evan Ebel shot in the head; alleged member of white supremacist prison gang Palestinians Disappointed With Obama PA decries president’s stance on settlements, prisoners Sarkozy Charged Over Funding From Heiress Accusations that former president took advantage of […]

Narcissism and the Self-Esteem Cult

Amelia Hamilton has some interesting reflections on the rampant gooey egalitarianism that inspires Generation Whiner: [I]n St. Mary’s County, Maryland . . . birthday party invitations have been banned from all schools. “If there are 20 individuals in the class and someone brings in seven birthday invitations, it was creating an academic disruption,” Hall said. “People […]

CNN: The Godbag Christofascist Network

In case you don’t know who Melissa McEwan is, this 2007 headline by Mary Katharine Ham is an apt summary: Vote for Edwards, Godbag Christofascists! McEwan and her feminist comrade Amanda Marcotte were hired to blog for the Democratic presidential primary campaign of John Edwards in what was, evidently, a bid to chip away at Hillary Clinton’s […]

Would Libertarians Practically Achieve
“A World Without Moral Judgments”?

by Smitty While a tremendous Nick Gillespie fan, I can’t suppress a guffaw at this: I submit to you that few statements are more wrong than saying “libertarians might want a world without moral judgments.” From my vantage point, one of the things to which libertarianism is dedicated is the proliferation of moral judgments by […]

VIDEO: Dana Loesch on Sequestration

Dana Loesch was a guest on Sean Hannity’s show last night, engaging in the dangerous practice of telling the truth about Obama: “The House was discussing a proposal to give the Presidet the power of the purse, so to speak, and the he could decide where he wanted to cut, if he really did want […]

Under the New Pope’s Teaching, Should Pelosi and Biden Be Ex-Communicated?

Before he became Pope Francis, the Argentine cardinal’s doctrine would have excluded Vice President Joe Biden and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi from Communion. Father Shenan J. Boquet president of Human Life International explains: While we cannot know what is truly in someone’s heart, all too often political or other high-profile figures who profess to […]

Let Them* Eat Debate (*Krugmanauts)

by Smitty More at KrugmnanDebate.com.

LIVE AT FIVESIX: 03.21.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Obama Visits Israel, Gaza Jihadis Launch Four Rockets At Sderot President reaffirms U.S. commitment to Israel’s security, notes lack of attacks from West Bank Cyprus Scrambles To Avoid Fiscal Meltdown, EU Threatens Cutoff Looking for Plan B Aussie PM Gillard Survives Leadership Challenge Former PM Rudd’s coy refusal to […]

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